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Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!news.cs.indiana.edu!purdue!mentor.cc.purdue.edu!mm From: mm@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Mike MacKenzie) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: What kind of tape is OK w/ 386BSD? Summary: Wangtek 5150ES doesn't stream Message-ID: <55595@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> Date: 30 Jul 92 20:14:37 GMT Article-I.D.: mentor.55595 References: <28JUL199218203085@stars.gsfc.nasa.gov> <1992Jul29.161438.6372@mks.com> Organization: Purdue University Lines: 15 In article <1992Jul29.161438.6372@mks.com>, fredw@mks.com (Fred Walter) writes: > dc@cobi.gsfc.nasa.gov writes: > >Can someone point me toward a list of 386BSD compatible > >tape devices, so I'll know that what I'm buying will work? > > I don't know if there is a list, but if not, let's start one : > I have a Wangtek 5150ES SCSI-36 tape drive and it works, but slowly. It took over 12 hours to back up ~80 meg. I've tried various buffer sizes with dd with no improvment. Michael MacKenzie (Purdue University Unix Group) mm@mentor.cc.purdue.edu