Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!dali.cs.montana.edu!caen!spool.mu.edu!munnari.oz.au!uniwa!cc.curtin.edu.au!cutmcvax!wemmpd From: wemmpd@cutmcvax.cs.curtin.edu.au (Peter Wemm) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Re: Tape drive on 2090a, help needed. Keywords: TAPE SCSI BTN 2090A Message-ID: Date: 23 Jun 91 22:40:38 GMT References: <15028@mcdphx.phx.mcd.mot.com> <15569@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM> Sender: news@cutmcvax.cs.curtin.edu.au (Usenet News System) Organization: Curtin University of Technology, Computing Science Lines: 27 Nntp-Posting-Host: cutmcvax.cs.curtin.edu.au admiral@m-5.Sun.COM (Michael Limprecht. To everyone but IR "admiral@m-5") writes: >In article <15028@mcdphx.phx.mcd.mot.com>, teroach!dbk@phx.mcd.mot.com (Dave Kinzer) writes: >> I am trying to get BTN tape to work on my system. The system >> will hang (completely) when I try to mount the TAPE: device, requiring >> three finger salute to recover. No LED Flashing or GURU. >> >I get the same results when I've tried it. I haven't found out >what the problem is but you shouldn't have to reboot. If you have your >tape drive (and it's controller) on a separate power supply you should >be able to just turn off the tape drive. This will reset the scsi bus >and release the mount. No reboot. It works on mine. >Now if I can figure out why mine hangs. >Mick Correct me if I'm wrong (and I'm sure you all will.. :-), but I dont think that the 2090 series support SCSI direct, and I think BTNTape uses it... That's a probable reason for a hang.... -- Peter Wemm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ peter@cs.curtin.edu.au (Home) +61-9-450-5243 Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia. Nuke the Simpsons!