Bug 948 - The wt tape driver no longer works.
Summary: The wt tape driver no longer works.
Status: Closed FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Base System
Classification: Unclassified
Component: kern (show other bugs)
Version: 2.2-CURRENT
Hardware: Any Any
: Normal Affects Only Me
Assignee: freebsd-bugs (Nobody)
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Reported: 1996-01-16 11:30 UTC by Stephen Hocking
Modified: 1996-01-17 00:12 UTC (History)
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Description Stephen Hocking 1996-01-16 11:30:02 UTC
	Any attempt to access the tape returns with an I/O error or eventually
	hangs. I had not tried it since Joerg's density related changes. This
	driver has a few problems anyway (such as calling tsleep from an 
	interrupt from time to time) and is probably in need of an overhaul.
	(Aaagh! what am I saying? Stop pointing at me! Waddya mean, "You've
	volunteered!"?)

Fix: 

Not known yet.
-- 

        I do not speak for the Worker's Compensation Board of Queensland -
                     They don't pay me enough for that!
How-To-Repeat: 
	tar xvf /dev/rwt0
Comment 1 Joerg Wunsch 1996-01-16 20:23:27 UTC
As Stephen Hocking wrote:
> 
> 	Any attempt to access the tape returns with an I/O error or eventually
> 	hangs. I had not tried it since Joerg's density related changes. This
> 	driver has a few problems anyway (such as calling tsleep from an 
> 	interrupt from time to time) and is probably in need of an overhaul.
> 	(Aaagh! what am I saying? Stop pointing at me! Waddya mean, "You've
> 	volunteered!"?)

I've got two wt-style tape drives for experimenting.  All i need
now is time. :-)

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
Comment 2 davidg freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 1996-01-17 00:12:27 UTC
State Changed
From-To: open->closed

Problem caused by a faulty drive.