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#! rnews 1714 bsd Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!metro!metro!asstdc.scgt.oz.au!caamora!jlm From: jlm@caamora.caamora.com.au (jonathan l michaels) Date: 10 Oct 96 15:58:40 Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: scsi tape recommendations Message-ID: <29f_9610110039@caamora.caamora.com.au> Organization: Caamora, Clovelly NSW Australia Lines: 30 Hello , i'm not a quiter but my tandberg tdc-3820 has gotten the better of me, it is a qic-525 scsi-2 streamer .. works very well with os/2 and dos apps like arcsolo and sytos plus but i'll be damned if i can get it to work reliably in freebsd. i used to run linux and the tandberg had no problems what so ever. but ever since moving to freebsd (2.0.0, 2.1.0 and now 2.1.5) it has been a nightmare. finally i'm ready to call it a day, and as i have an os/2 machine that needs a tape drive, well, no more need be said. this leaves me with a freebsd box without a tape drive, does anybody have any recommendations. something along the lines of the tandberg would be nice, i have a library to maintain so a qic-525 type that would read and write one or two gig format would be ideal. though, i'd be interested to hear from people who have used the sony dats (4 gig uncompressed). can anybody recommend a real simple solution, you know just set the jumpers to id4 plug it into the scsi chain and reboot the machine. with thanks in advance regards ... jonathan EMail: jlm@caamora.com.au -- Caamora (InterNet Services) __________________________________________ PO Box 2036 Clovelly West NSW 2031 Australia data +61 2 96659249 ------------------------------------------------- <jlm@caamora.com.au>