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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!vic.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!tatooine.vader.org!news.demon.co.uk!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk!yama.mcc.ac.uk!winu.fa.umist.ac.uk!bill From: bill@winu.fa.umist.ac.uk (Bill Nutt) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Does Archive Viper 150 SCSI tape work reliably? Date: 30 Apr 1996 20:36:10 GMT Organization: Sirius Cybernetics Corporation Lines: 37 Message-ID: <4m5tjq$gq3@yama.mcc.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: winu.fa.umist.ac.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Hi, as the subject line says....does it work? When trying to tar to it, my machine hung. I always used to get this under Linux before the drivers improved. I'm using an Adaptec 2742AT controller, which works great with 2.1-RELEASE apart from any tape access. When the kernel boots, it tells me the Archive 150 is a "known rogue", so can I expect very much? Has anyone else got this drive to work? I know its a crap old drive, but its the only backup I (used to) have at the moment (until I graduate this Summer and can afford REAL hardware!) Hopefully someone, somewhere has this drive working reliably - I'm now using my FreeBSD box on a final year project - hence backups would be a good idea ;o) I'd like to add my sentiments to the serious (for once!) discussion between Linux and FreeBSD as well. As someone who always used to go and get the latest linux kernel source (hoping for better SCSI reliability ;o) I must say FreeBSD is a breeze. It *is* faster, and more secure, than linux was, and all in all feels more integrated, since the development team are more co-ordinated than their linux counterparts. Thanks guys (and gals??) for a wonderful operating system. I think I'm in love with FreeBSD ;o) (the truly HELPFUL responses in the newsgroups are another welcome bonus!) thanks again, --Bill Nutt --Final Year Electronic Systems Engineering MEng --UMIST, Manchester, England mail: bill@winu.fa.umist.ac.uk