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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!aardvark.ucs.uoknor.edu!ns1.nodak.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!news.clark.edu!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!news.crd.ge.com!sunblossom!knight.vf.ge.com!news.ge.com!combs!steve Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: [Q] FreeBSD: Tape drives Message-ID: <2ahd7p$rjk@alva.ge.com> From: steve@combs (Stephen F. Combs) Date: 25 Oct 1993 20:34:01 GMT References: <2agr1h$4l3@Tut.MsState.Edu> Distribution: world Organization: GE Drive Systems, Salem, VA NNTP-Posting-Host: 3.29.5.200 X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 41 Viren R. Shah (viren@cy.cs.olemiss.edu) wrote: : machine info: 486DX2-66 EISA, DTC3290 SCSI controller, 1.2 GB Toshiba : HD, 32 Mb RAM. FreeBSD EPSILON. : I've read the *BSD Tape Drive compatibility list, and it didn't quite : answer my question: : Is there anyone out there who has a tape drive working with FreeBSD? : (not 386bsd, or NetBSD). My dept. wants to get a tape drive for a : machine running FreeBSD, preferably a 2.2-5.0 GB Tape Drive. They : don't intend to buy it untill we know for certain that someone has : gotten it to work with FreeBSD (we are looking into getting maybe the : Exabyte 2.2 GB drive, or an HP tape drive). : I figure that any tape drive that works with any of the BSDs should : work with FreeBSD, but I just wanted to be sure :) : Any info would be appreciated. : -- : viren shah $ " " : viren@cy.cs.olemiss.edu $ -- viren shah 23rd july 1993 Don't know about the Exebyte's but I'm currently running an Archive 2150s (SCSI-1) no problems and I've run an Archive python (2GB dat) with, again, no problems (didn't run exaustive tests, just verified that the tape I wrote on my SPARCII at work could be read, and wrote a tape to read on the work system, both worked fine). Unfortunately, I had to give the tape drive back :-(. -- ======================================================================= Stephen F. Combs GE Industry Sales & Services My Employer is in NO way GE Drive Systems Responsible or Liable for Network Services Any Opinions expressed by 1501 Roanoke Blvd. Myself. Salem, VA 24153 Internet E-Mail: CombsSF@Salem.GE.COM Novell via Internet: Combs-SF@Salem.GE.COM =======================================================================