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From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: ARCHIVE Viper QIC-150 problems
Date: 3 Jul 1996 00:16:10 -0500
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Christopher Forkin (forkin@informatik.tu-muenchen.de) wrote:
: ARCHIVE Viper QIC-150 streamer (hooked to the Adaptec 1542B)

: the symptoms:
: tar/dump/mt work as expected apart from the fact that the streamer doesn't 
: stream the data onto the tape but seams to write something rewind the tape
: check the data and write the next bit and so on. In other words when I write
: something on the tape the streamer drives me up the wall by constantly
: winding the tape back and forth :(

I have no suggestions, just that I had a 2150S for years, and it streamed
perfectly ever since 386BSD+pk1.  It's been de-commissioned for about
a year now, but I never had any problems with it.

--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....