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From: stacy@sobeco.com (Stacy L. Millions)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mips
Subject: Trouble with Exabyte on RC3240 under RISCos 4.50
Summary: can't open device unless I boot showconfig
Keywords: 3240, 4.50, Exabyte
Message-ID: <1990Sep12.151525.16755@sobeco.com>
Date: 12 Sep 90 15:15:25 GMT
Organization: Sobeco Group - Montreal, Canada
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On a MIPS RC3240 running RISCos 4.50 I have installed
an exabyte drive as unit # 5. The switches are set
according to the 4.50 release notes.

If I boot with:

boot -f dkis()unix showconfig

I can access the exabyte.

If I don't boot with showconfig, the command:

mt -f /dev/rmt/h0 status

returns:

/dev/rmt/h0: No such device.

as does dd, tar, and any thing else that tries
to open the device.

I assume this is a problem with the initialization
of the SCSI devices at boot time, but I have not
taken the time to go look at the device driver since
booting showconfig is a fairly simple work around.
Anyone have a better solution (like a working kernel :-).

-stacy

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