Path: utzoo!utgpu!cunews!bnrgate!brtph3!brchh104!date '+%m/%d/%y %H:%M:%S'brchs1!bnr.ca!riceu!sun-spots-request From: davecb@nexus.yorku.ca (David Collier-Brown) Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun Subject: 4mm Tape Drives on a Sparc 1+ Keywords: Hardware Message-ID: <436@brchh104.bnr.ca> Date: 26 Nov 90 17:30:00 GMT Sender: news@brchh104.bnr.ca Organization: Sun-Spots Lines: 42 Approved: Sun-Spots@rice.edu X-Original-Date: Fri, 9 Nov 90 11:19:17 EST X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 9, Issue 370, message 9 X-Note: Submissions: sun-spots@rice.edu, Admin: sun-spots-request@rice.edu We've had an odd problem with attaching a Dilog SONY 4mm tape drive to a new Sparc 1+: when we do a mt rewind, the following shows up in /var/adm/messages: | Nov 9 10:39:44 vortex vmunix: st0 at esp0 target 4 lun 0 | Nov 9 10:39:44 vortex vmunix: st0: Generic Drive, Vendor= | Nov 9 10:39:44 vortex vmunix: 3.81mm helical scan cartridge | Nov 9 10:39:44 vortex vmunix: Variable record length I/O Yet on boot, it isn't mentioned: | Oct 30 08:57:34 vortex vmunix: SunOS Release 4.1 (GENERIC_SMALL) #1: Wed Mar 7 10:54:19 PST 1990 | Oct 30 08:57:34 vortex vmunix: Copyright (c) 1983-1990, Sun Microsystems, Inc. | Oct 30 08:57:34 vortex vmunix: mem = 8192K (0x800000) | Oct 30 08:57:34 vortex vmunix: avail mem = 7081984 | Oct 30 08:57:34 vortex vmunix: Ethernet address = 8:0:20:a:2e:bc | Oct 30 08:57:34 vortex vmunix: cpu = Sun 4/65 | Oct 30 08:57:34 vortex vmunix: zs0 at obio 0xf1000000 pri 12 | Oct 30 08:57:34 vortex vmunix: zs1 at obio 0xf0000000 pri 12 | Oct 30 08:57:34 vortex vmunix: fd0 at obio 0xf7200000 pri 11 | Oct 30 08:57:34 vortex vmunix: audio0 at obio 0xf7201000 pri 13 | Oct 30 08:57:34 vortex vmunix: sbus0 at SBus slot 0 0x0 | Oct 30 08:57:34 vortex vmunix: dma0 at SBus slot 0 0x400000 | Oct 30 08:57:34 vortex vmunix: esp0 at SBus slot 0 0x800000 pri 3 | Oct 30 08:57:34 vortex vmunix: sd0 at esp0 target 3 lun 0 | Oct 30 08:57:34 vortex vmunix: sd0: | Oct 30 08:57:34 vortex vmunix: sd2 at esp0 target 2 lun 0 | Oct 30 08:57:34 vortex vmunix: sd2: | Oct 30 08:57:34 vortex vmunix: le0 at SBus slot 0 0xc00000 pri 5 | Oct 30 08:57:34 vortex vmunix: bwtwo0 at SBus slot 3 0x0 pri 7 | Oct 30 08:57:34 vortex vmunix: root on sd0a fstype | Oct 30 08:57:34 vortex vmunix: swap on sd0b fstype spec size 14070K | Oct 30 08:57:34 vortex vmunix: dump on sd0b fstype spec size 14056K I assume I have it in some way misconfigured (I'm assuming that SCSI address 4 is wrong) but a horrible thought struck me: does the GENERIC_SMALL kernel **normally* support tape drives??? David Collier-Brown, | davecb@Nexus.YorkU.CA, ...!yunexus!davecb or 72 Abitibi Ave., | {toronto area...}lethe!dave or just Willowdale, Ontario, | postmaster@{nexus.}yorku.ca CANADA. 416-223-8968 | work phone (416) 736-5257 x 22075