Sorry for the late reply, last post reminded me that
I haven't posted results, and I hate seeing these without
a summary myself...
Looks like I was just in too much hurry, and did not realize
that the Seagate Archive-Python DAT actually had a jumper
to allow it to work with PCs or workstations. It actually
had a jumper specifically for DEC operation. Working fine.
Thanks to Alan and Joel for their posts! -mark
Mark McCann, TAMU Oceanography, mark_at_ocean.tamu.edu (409) 845-8515
On Mon, 7 Dec 1998, Mark McCann wrote:
>
> Just dropped in a Seagate Archive-Python DAT drive into a
> DPW500au. It is recognized as a Python - edited into the
> ddr.dbase file. Yup, running DU 4.0D.
> It does respond to tape movement commands (mt rewind and such).
>
> Any actual tape i/o (tar/dump) to device /dev/nrmt0h only
> gives an i/o error, with a CAM-scsi i/o error note in logs.
>
Received on Thu Dec 17 1998 - 16:44:14 NZDT