Bruce Richardson wrote:
>
> I've been trying to format and use TR-3 tapes without success. I did
> get ftformat to do all 50 tracks on a tape but it then reported an
> error when trying to write the format parameters to the drive. Can
> anyone guess what I'm doing wrong?
[SNIP]
> Mar 20 03:47:28 beta kernel: [013] ftape-io.c (ftape_report_configuration) - TR-3
>tape detected.
> Mar 20 03:47:28 beta kernel: [014] ftape-ctl.c (ftape_init_drive) - post QIC-117B
>drive @ 2000 Kbps.
> Mar 20 03:47:28 beta kernel: [015] ftape-ctl.c (ftape_calibrate_data_rate_R82bcf52a)
>- Highest FDC supported data rate: 500 Kbps.
> Mar 20 03:47:29 beta kernel: [016] ftape-io.c (ftape_report_configuration) - TR-3
>tape detected.
> Mar 20 03:47:29 beta kernel: [017] ftape-io.c (ftape_set_data_rate) - Rate change
>failed!.
> Mar 20 03:47:29 beta kernel: [018] ftape-io.c (ftape_set_data_rate) -
>fdc_set_data_rate(data_rate) failed: -22.
> Mar 20 03:47:29 beta kernel: [019] ftape-ctl.c (ftape_calibrate_data_rate_R82bcf52a)
>- set datarate failed.
You can't use TR-3 tapes at 500Kbs. You need an accelerator card to
provide a minimum of 1000Kbs.
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