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- > I have an old IRWIN 40 meg tape drive (made for Mac) that I would like
- > to use to get stuff to NetBSD, like updating my kernel, etc. It doesn't
- > seem to be 100% SCSI standard. (It queries as a direct access device,
- > for example). It's standard enough to work with my AmigaDOS software,
- > though (BTN-Tape, Quarterback) so I have reason to hope I can use it with
- > NetBSD as well. When I try to access it thru rst4 however I get a
- > 'bad device file' message. Is there soemthing I can do (mknod?) to
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- I thought I was the only one with an Irwin 5040!?? :)
- At least your kernel boots, mine won't even get past the tape
- drive. As soon as the kernel reaches SCSI ID 5 (the tape drive)
- the whole thing locks tighter than Fort Knox.
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- If you find out anything please let me know too!
- It would be REALLY NICE to use the thing for backups and installation.
- I can't use anything right now because I have a GVP Combo 040
- and the 040 kernel panics and init dies before autobooting. :(
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- Good Luck,
- David
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