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From: j@bonnie.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: 2.0.5 installation
Date: 14 Aug 1995 14:26:41 +0200
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Heiner Strauss <heiner@zop.dkrz.de> wrote:

>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.

Huh?

The only problem i'm aware of is that you wasn't able to have the tape
in the drive while the system was booting (you had to put it in
later).  It's fixed.

Hmm, i've heard of some DAT problems, which tape drive are you
refering to?
-- 
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. ;-)