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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
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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