Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcvax!unido!altger!dirk
From: dirk@altger.UUCP (dirk)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: comp.unix.microport
Message-ID: <1425@altger.UUCP>
Date: 27 Feb 89 14:26:46 GMT
Reply-To: dirk@altger.UUCP (dirk)
Organization: Altos Computer Systems Munich
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Has anbody figured out how to use variable block sized tapes
on the 386/ix rel. 2.0 generic tape driver. When I use
my SCSI tape the kernel just responds:

PANIC: Variable blocks size on dump DMA tape ...

and crashes.

I could solve this by setting the tape into fixed block, but I
do not know how to setup a generic SCSI command with the 386/ix
driver.

How does the XENIX 2.3.1 aha1540 driver solve the problem. Can
you setup generic SCSI commands ?

cu,
dirk :-)