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From: rsj@wa4mei.UUCP (Randy Jarrett WA4MEI)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.microport
Subject: Re: tape drive support
Summary: Mistake in master file
Keywords: tape support
Message-ID: <2320@wa4mei.UUCP>
Date: 13 Jun 89 03:11:10 GMT
References: <726@marob.masa.com>
Reply-To: rsj@wa4mei.UUCP (Randy Jarrett WA4MEI)
Organization: Amateur Radio Gateway WA4MEI, Chamblee Ga.
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In article <726@marob.masa.com> samperi@marob.masa.com (Dominick Samperi) writes:
++>Does anybody know how to specify the interrupt number/dma channel, etc. 
++>when a new kernel is built with streaming tape support? I tried simply
++>un-commenting the lines with "ar" in dfile.wini and master, and was
++>able to build and boot the resulting kernel, but the tape driver does
++>not work. When I write to the tape the drive motor constantly starts
++>and stops, and when I try to read the tape my system hangs. The controller
++>board is configured to use irq 3, I believe...
++>
++>-- 
++>Dominick Samperi -- ESCC
++>samperi@marob.masa.com
++>uunet!hombre!samperi


If you are using V/AT 2.4 then you need to check your master file.
uport had a mistake on the ar line. The entry in the prefix column
should be 'ar' not 'ev'.


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