As a first suggestion its probably worth installing NetBSD 1.2 -
	there have been a number of changes and the scsi driver might
	be one of them :)

	If you dont want to try a full install grab a NetBSD 1.2/sparc
	kernel and put it in as /netbsd.new (or similar) then boot the
	system single user mode "b sd()netbsd.new -s" and test the
	tape.

	Good luck!

		David/abs	david@{mono.org,southern.com,mhm-internet.com}

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On Mon, 6 Jan 1997 ganderson@quimby.os2bbs.com wrote:

> I have NetBSD v1.1/sparc installed on a Sun Sparc SLC with 16Mb RAM, 
> a 1 Gb disk and a Sun (well, actually an Archive) tape drive.  The 
> tape works fine from a SunOS miniroot, but when I try to access it 
> from NetBSD, I get the following errors:
> 
>   st0(esp0:4:0): illegal request  data: 00 00 00 00 00 00 
>   st0: cannot set selected mode
>   7: unknown tape drive type
> 
> This particular ouput is from an 'mt stat' command, but attempts to 
> read a tape with tar result in similar messages.
> 
> When the system boots, it detects the tape drive properly and gets 
> the manufacturers string, etc.
> 
> If anyone knows what the problem is (or might be) I'd sure like to 
> hear about it.
> 
> -Andy (ganderson@norloff.com)
>