tape(C) on XENIX V/386 V2.3.3.1

[Brian Gillis]

In article <528 at tah386.UUCP> terry at tah386.UUCP (Terry Hull) writes:
>I am having trouble with the tape(C) command.  It will reset the tape
>drive if I issue the command
>        tape reset /dev/rct0
>
>but all the other tape requests (like rewind, erase, reten, and rfm)
>just wait till I interrupt them.  The tape drive active light does not
>come on at all.  I can read and write the tape with tar, cpio, and
>dump.  Any guesses as to the problem?

When I have had this problem, the interrupt line on the controller card
has not matched my configuration.  What is really strange, is that
tar would work even though it should be interrupt driven.

Hope this helps.

Brian Gillis
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