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From: jdh@bu-cs.BU.EDU (Jason Heirtzler)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: Problems with Exabyte
Summary: Introl Exabyte doesn't work on a multi-processor machine ?!
Keywords: exabyte, crufty, Introl
Message-ID: <35820@bu-cs.BU.EDU>
Date: 4 Aug 89 01:14:55 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Boston University Distributed Systems Group
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Is anyone using an Exabyte tape drive from Introl with a
multi-processor SGI ?

This is supposedly the people that SGI recommends, but it won't work
with a multi-processor machine !  When I installed the driver as per
their instructions and booted up, the screen hung as soon as the
windowing system started.  So, I waited (about a month) while they
changed their driver (the response I got from the person who wrote the
driver was "we never tried that") but still it doesn't work correctly.
It's hard to believe that no one tried it with a multi-processor until
now..

As it stands right now, we can't read tapes unless we specify the no
rewind device (/dev/dk2300Ta) and Introl is waiting for us to send
them a copy of the kernel printfs..

The machine in question is an IRIS-4D GTX running 3.1F

Any information would be appreciated.  Thanks..

Jason Heirtzler

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