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From: j@bonnie.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Tape backups other than QIC-40/80?
Date: 20 Jul 1995 11:35:52 +0200
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Dennis Anfield <halastr@usr1.primenet.com> wrote:
>I recently read in the FAQ that by using ft, QIC-40/80 tape backups are
>supported by FreeBSD. What about QIC-3010/3010w or QIC-80w? Does
>FreeBSD support tape backups that use the floppy controller but are not
>QIC-40/80; like the larger 850MB tape backups?
Since even the QIC 40/80 support is in a rather ugly shape (and nobody
seems to be pressed enough to be willing to support it -- hey you
outside! this is a volunteer project! step forward if you think you
can improve it), i hardly doubt.
--
cheers, J"org private: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de
http://www.sax.de/~joerg/
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)