Path: utzoo!utgpu!tmsoft!mcl!stacy From: stacy@mcl.UUCP (Stacy L. Millions) Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix Subject: Irwin Tape Drive Keywords: Irwin SCO HELP Message-ID: <569@mcl.UUCP> Date: 5 Dec 88 03:14:44 GMT Organization: Millions Computing Ltd., Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada Lines: 29 This is to all of you who have installed an Irwin Tape Drive with SCO Xenix. Please help. I was under the impression that it would be pretty much a out of the box "plug and play" installation. Here is the situation. Hardware: - No name AT Clone - 3 MB RAM - Adaptec ACB-2322 ESDI controller (Also tried an WD ST506 clone controller) - Irwin 145 tape drive. Software: - SCO Xenix 286 2.2.1 I ran 'mkdev tape' to install the tape drivers, re-linked the kernel and rebooted. When I tried 'format /dev/rctmini' I got a can not open /dev/rctmini message. The hardware works under DOS (with the ST506 controller - no DOS partition on the ESDI drive). Any suggestions? -stacy -- "He to whom the early bird runs best learns wisdom and patience! ... I can never remember proverbs" - Charlie Brown S. L. Millions ..!tmsoft!mcl!stacy