[pups] 211BSD and TSV05

[pups] 211BSD and TSV05

[Christopher McNabb]

I have a TS05 tape drive and TSV05 controller.  The TS11 driver for
211BSD seems to be close to what I need, but not exactly.  I can
forward, reverse, offline, and run status commands using 'mt', but any
attempt to read or write data results in a hard error:
----
# ansitape -t 
ts0: hard error bn0 xs0=310<MOT,ONL,PED> xs1=20402<COR,-,UNC>
xs2=100000<OPM> xs3=40<REV>
ts0: hard error bn0 xs0=310<MOT,ONL,PED> xs1=20402<COR,-,UNC>
xs2=100000<OPM> xs3=40<REV>
ts0: hard error bn0 xs0=10310<RLL,MOT,ONL,PED> xs1=20402<COR,-,UNC>
xs2=100000<OPM> xs3=40<REV>
unknown record mode (n) - file 7 skipped
t - 7:  0 lines (0 chars) in 0 tape blocks
----
This continues ad-nauseum until Ctrl-C is pressed.
So, it looks like the TS11 driver is "almost, but not quite" good
enough.  Before I start attempting to re-invent the wheel, has anyone
had success getting a TSV05/TS05 working under 2.11BSD?

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[pups] 211BSD and TSV05

[Tim Shoppa]

>has anyone had success getting a TSV05/TS05 working under 2.11BSD?

The TSV05 is a TS11-emulating interface, like the TU80 and Emulex
TC03 and Emulex TC13 (in TS11 mode) and the Dilog DQ132 etc.
While I've used 2.11BSD with TU80's and TC03's and TC13's and DQ132's
and they all worked, I've never actually used a real TSV05 under
2.11BSD.

I'd be inclined to say you've got a hardware problem before
blaming the 2.11BSD driver.  Can you test your TSV05&TS05 with a
different OS?  (RT-11, RSX, VMS?)

Tim.

[pups] 211BSD and TSV05

[Robin Birch]

Er yes, it's one of the most reliable tape drivers and controller mixes 
that the OS supports.  I occasionally have had problems when the drive 
itself has had a nervous breakdown but apart from that it is very good.

Robin

In message <1045969485.30181.9.camel at www.4mcnabb.net>, Christopher 
McNabb <cmcnabb at vt.edu> writes
>I have a TS05 tape drive and TSV05 controller.  The TS11 driver for
>211BSD seems to be close to what I need, but not exactly.  I can
>forward, reverse, offline, and run status commands using 'mt', but any
>attempt to read or write data results in a hard error:
>----
># ansitape -t
>ts0: hard error bn0 xs0=310<MOT,ONL,PED> xs1=20402<COR,-,UNC>
>xs2=100000<OPM> xs3=40<REV>
>ts0: hard error bn0 xs0=310<MOT,ONL,PED> xs1=20402<COR,-,UNC>
>xs2=100000<OPM> xs3=40<REV>
>ts0: hard error bn0 xs0=10310<RLL,MOT,ONL,PED> xs1=20402<COR,-,UNC>
>xs2=100000<OPM> xs3=40<REV>
>unknown record mode (n) - file 7 skipped
>t - 7:  0 lines (0 chars) in 0 tape blocks
>----
>This continues ad-nauseum until Ctrl-C is pressed.
>So, it looks like the TS11 driver is "almost, but not quite" good
>enough.  Before I start attempting to re-invent the wheel, has anyone
>had success getting a TSV05/TS05 working under 2.11BSD?
>

-- 
Robin Birch

[pups] 211BSD and TSV05

[Christopher McNabb]

I have a TS05 tape drive and TSV05 controller.  The TS11 driver for
211BSD seems to be close to what I need, but not exactly.  I can
forward, reverse, offline, and run status commands using 'mt', but any
attempt to read or write data results in a hard error:
----
# ansitape -t 
ts0: hard error bn0 xs0=310<MOT,ONL,PED> xs1=20402<COR,-,UNC>
xs2=100000<OPM> xs3=40<REV>
ts0: hard error bn0 xs0=310<MOT,ONL,PED> xs1=20402<COR,-,UNC>
xs2=100000<OPM> xs3=40<REV>
ts0: hard error bn0 xs0=10310<RLL,MOT,ONL,PED> xs1=20402<COR,-,UNC>
xs2=100000<OPM> xs3=40<REV>
unknown record mode (n) - file 7 skipped
t - 7:  0 lines (0 chars) in 0 tape blocks
----
This continues ad-nauseum until Ctrl-C is pressed.
So, it looks like the TS11 driver is "almost, but not quite" good
enough.  Before I start attempting to re-invent the wheel, has anyone
had success getting a TSV05/TS05 working under 2.11BSD?


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Christopher L McNabb
Operating Systems Analyst         Email: cmcnabb at 4mcnabb.net
Virginia Tech                     ICBM:  37.1356N 80.4272N
GMRS: WPSR255                     ARS:   N2UX  Grid Sq: EM97SD