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From: root@herctec.UUCP (Super user)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: CMS Jumbo tape drive and 2.3.2
Keywords: CMS Jumbo Shrimp Spam
Message-ID: <28@herctec.UUCP>
Date: 10 Aug 90 02:41:44 GMT
Reply-To: root@herctec.UUCP (Super user)
Organization: Hercules Computer Technology, Inc.
Lines: 26


	My setup:

	Xenix 286 2.3.2, Update level R

	My problem:  I just installed a Colorado Memory Systems "Jumbo"
mini tape drive that attaches to my floppy controller.  I installed this
in a DOS machine and it worked beautifully.  Soooo, I thought I'd put it
in my Xenix box and do that yearly backup I've always been meaning to
get around to...

	Followed everything by the book (several times), but "format
/dev/rctmini" pauses for a few seconds, then spins the floppy drive,
then eventually comes back with "can't open /dev/rctmini."

	Is there something about the CMS mini drive that I should know?
I couldn't find a comprehensive list of supported tape drives in the
Xenix documentation...

	Anybody?

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