6157 tape drive on AT machine

[Wu Liu]

The kernel-level driver for the 6157 controller isn't present in the
GT (AT style 386/486) version of Open Desktop 1.1, only in the MC
version.

/--osvaldo at sos.com (Osvaldo Gold) said...
| Does anybody know what is required to get the IBM tape drive 6157 
| to work on an AT machine?
| 
| This is the deal:  I have in front of me an IBM tape drive 6157-002 
| and its controller for an AT type machine.  I'm running SCO ODT 1.1
| on a 386 AT.  When I connect the controller to the machine and run
| IBM diagnostics (without connecting the tape drive), everything is
| great.  I connect the tape drive and reboot the machine under UNIX
| and nothing happens: my system doesn't see it.  I take the driver out
| of the kernel and reinstall it, and when the driver is being configured,
| the system tells me something like: "a SCSI tape drive has been 
| detected..."  
| 
| The card doesn't have a single switch or jumper on it.
| 
| What's going on???  If I get it to work I get to keep the drive.
| Please please please ...
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