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From: heiner@zop.dkrz.de (Heiner Strauss)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: 2.0.5 installation
Date: 11 Aug 1995 08:22:36 GMT
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In article <404stf$jbh@bonnie.tcd-dresden.de>, j@bonnie.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) writes:
> Jordan K. Hubbard <jkh@violet.berkeley.edu> wrote:
>
> >>(7) (Unrelated to installation.) Does FreeBSD support Syquest or
> >> Iomega cartridge drives? Do the SCSI versions just look like
> >> disk drives?
> >
> >I believe so, but cannot personally verify it.
>
> Despite of some warnings about (probably) invalid fdisk partition
> tables and the usual UNIT ATTENTION condition after the cartridge
> change, they should work. (I've been playing somewhat with MO's, and
> that's just the overall opinion.)
The SCSI tape installation doesn't work from FBSD 2.0.5 and higher.
The problem has been reported but no solution is avaliable. Unlucky.
Heiner