1/2" Tape Drive: Driver Needed

[Joe Smith]

In article <2896 at brchh104.bnr.ca> gaitan at sophia.eeel.nist.gov (Michael Gaitan B364 x2070) writes:
>We just upgraded our 3/280 to a 4/300.  After installing 4.1.1 we were
>unpleasantly surprised to find that there is NO driver for the 1/2" tape
>drive.  SUN told us that others have had this same experience.  DOES
>ANYONE HAVE A DRIVER FOR THIS CONFIGURATION.....PLEASE HELP!!
>gaitan at sed.eeel.nist.gov

I don't understand what problems you are having.  If you are complaining
that the file /sys/sun4/conf/XDXT330 does not exist, that is true but
is not a problem.  The GENERIC file has entries for xct0 and xt0
if you what to access the Xylogics 1/2-inch tape controller.  All the
device-driver modules are on disk.

So what's wrong with simply running the GENERIC kernel on your Sun-4/300?
	-Joe
P.S. The XD and XT drivers also work on the 3/280 to 4/490 upgrade.
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