Subject: Re: TK50 trouble
To: Anders Magnusson <ragge@ludd.luth.se>
From: STEFAN ANDERS <STEFAN.ANDERS@physik.uni-ulm.de>
List: port-vax
Date: 04/02/1997 13:05:58
> From:          Anders Magnusson <ragge@ludd.luth.se>
> Subject:       Re: TK50 trouble
> To:            STEFAN.ANDERS@physik.uni-ulm.de
> Date:          Tue, 1 Apr 1997 16:57:14 +0200 (MET DST)
> Cc:            port-vax@NetBSD.ORG

> > Hello mailing-list,
> > 
> > I just succeeded installing NetBSD 1.2 on a MicroVAX II
> > (RD-54, TK50, Network) and was trying to write the
> > distribution files to tape as a backup,
> > but I get many error messages (mainly "sync errors" 
> > and/or "data errors"). Booting from this device
> > was possible without any problems. So, is the
> > tape drive defect anyway, or will I have to 
> > compile a new kernel, or is there another solution?
> > 
> Is it post-1.2 you are using or 1.2 release? post-1.2 are known to have
> bugs in it but none of them are related to any errors.
> 
> -- Ragge
> 
I think it just an ordinary 1.2C-kernel, most probably from your
ftp-site (ftp.luth.de).

Stefan