Thanks Tim Jomes for you valueable help!
I was not using the companion card that is sold together Exabyte 1500.
I installed it on IO=0x3f0, IRQ=6, DMA=2 and it's working. Notice this is
the standart floppy disk A: configuration!!! I disabled built in FDC in the
boot setup screen to prevent conflict with Exabyte card.
In fact, if someone wants to use this configuration, notice that kernels
before 2.0.36 will not access tape drive and drive A: at the same time. You
should patch your kernel if you want the both ones working apparently
together.
Tim Jones wrote:
> Fernando Gomes wrote:
>
> > I installed an Exabyte 1500 in the standard FDC, so io=0x3f0, irq=6,
> > dma=0.
> > I'm using standard tapes for this kind of device.
> >
> > In /var/log/messages it's reported that....
> >
> > [071] fdc-io.c (setup_fdc_and_dma) - Your FDC does not support
> > QIC-3020..
> >
> > What should I do?
>
> First, the default DMA for built-in floppy controllers is 2, not 0. Try
> changing this in the ftape-internal module's insmod.
>
> Next, purchase an accellerator card for the drive - the Ditto Dash or
> Seagate cards work fine with the 1500. Your built-in floppy controller
> can more than likely only move data at 500Kb/s. QIC-3020 requires a
> minimum of 1000Kb/sec.
>
> Or ... you can get QIC-3010 tapes, which work fine with your slower
> controller.
>
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