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From: les@MCS.COM (Leslie Mikesell)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: HP DAT = unknown tape drive?
Date: 14 Oct 1995 16:26:15 -0500
Organization: /usr/lib/news/organi[sz]ation
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Message-ID: <45p9tn$gbd@Mars.mcs.com>
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A recent model HP SCSI DAT drive is reported by BSDI 2.0 as and
unknown tape unit.  I can do basic read/write operations but
'mt' doesn't know how to report status or position it.  How
do I fix this?  (And where should I have looked for the instructions)?

Les Mikesell
  les@mcs.com