Setting up an ISA tape Controller

[Tassos Mavroudeas]

Geia sas,
	 8elw va xrhshmopoihsw sto Linux eva Tape Streamer pou exw agorasei
priv kapoia xrovia. To tape streamer eivai eva Seagate TapeStor 3200 kai
o controller tou eivai o Seagate CTC-2Mb floppy disk controller.
	Brika sto internet to ftape (eav to 3erei kaveis) kai 8a h8ela va to
eggatasthsw.
	To problhma dev eivai to pws 8a to eggatastisw alla kati allo. O
controller eivai ISA kai ta IRQ DMA kai IO-port settarovtai me jumpers.
To PC mou exei kai NT kai Linux giati dustuxws xreiajomai kai ta NT. To
8ema eivai oti oi kartes mou fevetai va xrhshmopoiouv alla settings katw
apo NT kai Alla katw apo Linux.
	To akoma pio para3evo omws eivai pws to IRQ kai IO tou controller katw
apo linwx fevaite oti xrhshmopoiouvtai apo alla devices. Auto me thv
prwth matia mou faivete para3evw mias kai pisteuw oti kapoio conflict 8a
eprepe va emfavizotav.
	Eav proxorisw kai eggatastisw to ftape setarovats ta IRQ DMA kai IO pou
exw settarei manual (me jumpers) isws sth suvexia va givete ovtos kapoio
conflict, kai gia auto kai dev exw proxorisei.
	Opote :
* Mhpos kapoios exei avtisthxh emphria eggatastovats eva Tape Drive h'
mia ISA card ;
* Ti givete av uparxei conflict meta thv eggatastash tou driver ; Eivai
toso epikivdivo oso favtazomai h o kernel apla 8a parakamsei tous
conflicted drivers ;
* To Linux port gia i386 xrhsimopoiei tis times twv PnP BIOS h' pirazei
to PCI configuratuion opos gia paradhgma sto Alpha port ;

Euxaristw
 
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            Tassos Mavroudeas
National Technical University of Athens
	       Telecom Lab
	  tmavr at telecom.ntua.gr
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