From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Dec 8 15:51:31 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id PAA00869 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 8 Dec 1996 15:51:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id PAA00863 for ; Sun, 8 Dec 1996 15:51:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.3/8.6.12) with SMTP id PAA04102; Sun, 8 Dec 1996 15:51:22 -0800 (PST) Date: Sun, 8 Dec 1996 15:51:22 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Leo Amigood cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Iomega Ditto 3200 External (LPT) Streamer In-Reply-To: <32A8D522.6AB2@mcn.msk.su> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, 7 Dec 1996, Leo Amigood wrote: > It's too bed for me, that i can't use Iomega Ditto 3200 External (LPT) > Streamer with FreeBSD. Can i use it in future, and what about > Magneto-Optical IDE drive? 1. Not unless someone writes a driver. Not likely, IOMega isn't too big about releasing specifications. 2. MO IDE? I would be more comfortable with a SCSI version. I don't know if the wd driver can handle insert/ejects, or if it even acts like a hard disk. If it requires a special driver then no way unless someone writes one. SCSI tapes are very well supported. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major