Dennis Putnam wrote:
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> I apologize if this is a double posting but my previous post never
> received a reply so I am assuming that it was not distributed. The
> following is the key error message as a reminder of the original
> problem:
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> >Feb 5 15:19:07 ms265722 kernel: [010] bpck-fdc.c
> (bpck_fdc_query_proto) - Got 0x00, expected either 0xc0 or 0x40.
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> Thanks in advance for any help. The original post follows:
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> I have been trying different sources to find out exactly what my
> Conner CTT800E was and why it doesn't work with 'ftape'. One of the
> places I wrote was to the QIC standards web site (http://www.qic.org).
> The reply from the head of the driver team at Seagate follows. Unless
> I am completely missing the point of what was said the CTT800E should
> work with 'ftape.' I am now back to sqaure one, assuming the response
> below is correct, what do I need to do to get 'ftape' working with my
> drive? I tried the Trakker driver and got the errors posted
> previously. I saw no reference to a 'Shuttle' drive and what I got
> when I downloaded 'ftape' were 2 drivers (Backpack and Trakker). The
> Back Pack drive documentation did mention Microsolutions but nothing
> seems to work. Am I
> missing some drivers, losing my mind or is my configuration still
> messed up? TIA.
Dennis,
>From what we can tell, the CTT800 uses an older version of the
Microsolutions BackPack chipset which responds differently that the
chipset that we wrote the drivers against.
At this stage of the game, I don't expect that we will ever be able to
properly support that drive under Linux. I'll give three reasons behind
this statement:
1> The chipset is no longer supported by Microsolutions, therefore, they
can't (won't?) help us.
2> The drive is over 2 years old and no longer supported by Seagate
(Conner/Archive/Maynard ...), so they can't (won't?) help us.
3> Other, higher capacity and performance devices are available for
under $200 that already work successfully under Linux.
Do yourself a favor and think seriously about retiring that drive and
opt for a more currrent and supported device.
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