oops i shoudla read the whole thing down... hehehehe
do you have a 6000/300 processor handy? 
you made a bootable 4.5 tape from the CD? very cool.

isildur

> > they seemed to have forgotten to put the KA64A symbol into the
> > config(8) file! This is so silly! Now I need the sources to
> > make a (truly) generic kernel! And the release notes even say
> > that the 6000-500 class is supported!
> > 
> > Sigh,
> > -Gunther
> > 
> > PS: but your TK50 works beautifully. I just did the routine
> > cleaning once per your earlier advice. I also found a way
> > to speed up writing by a lot, I use:
> > 
> > dd ibs=1024000 obs=10240 ...
> > 
> > so that it streams 1 MB to tape before it needs to reposition.
> > Speeds up writing by a factor of 10 or more.