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In article <Oct.12.18.55.52.1990.26131@constance.rutgers.edu> armhold@constance.rutgers.edu (George Armhold) writes:
:I've just downloaded the "BTN" SCSI tape handler from the net, but
:have not been able to get it to work.  I'm using a "MaxStream" SCSI
:streaming tape, hung off of the A2091's external port.  
:
:When I mount TAPE:, it tells me "Please insert volume TAPE:", and
:popping a tape into the drive and clicking retry satisifies the
:requester.  But when I try to write to the drive, (say using 'tar', or
:the formattape file,) I get an I/O error.  The tapemon program reports
:error code 45.  I have the SCSI address of the tape drive set to 1,
:and the mountlist ID number set appropriately.  
:
:Is there anything blatantly wrong that I'm doing here?  Has anyone had any
:luck with this hardware combination?
:
:Any hints or suggestions greatly apprecited.
:
:Thanks,
:-George

	I'm getting the same types of errors with the Adaptec 3530, Emulex
MT-02 and Archive Viper. I believe it has something to do with the command
for READ_CAPACITY that's sent out. Possibly that puts the drive into some
mode it shouldn't be in. (Note that none of those controllers support that
command.) It's possible that just commenting out that portion of the source
and recompiling will allow it to work with your hardware. You might also
check out the tape handler from Markus Wandel that Larry posted.

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