From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 11 14:14:29 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id OAA23925 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 11 Mar 1996 14:14:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id OAA23908 for ; Mon, 11 Mar 1996 14:14:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id IAA23536; Tue, 12 Mar 1996 08:51:56 +1030 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199603112221.IAA23536@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: floppy tapes To: dpb@magicnet.net (Dan Benjamin) Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 08:51:55 +1030 (CST) Cc: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: from "Dan Benjamin" at Mar 11, 96 11:40:11 am MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Dan Benjamin stands accused of saying: > > I have read the FAQ and Handbook, and was wondering, specifically, if > there are certain brands or types of floppy tape drives that do or don't > work with FreeBSD 2.1-RELEASE. Floppy tapes don't work, period. It's possibly to cajole them into sort-of working, but due to their hopeless design, it's impossible to communicate with them in a fashion consistent with a 'real' operating system. If you want the grisly details, I'm happy to spell them out, but in short, don't buy one, don't advise anyone else to buy one, and don't try using one if you have it 8) Buy a cheap SCSI card (eg. Adaptec 1520) and get a SCSI tape. You will _never_ regret it. > | Dan Benjamin dan@init.org | -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[