Date: Thu, 4 Apr 1996 17:55:47 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> To: "Jeffrey M. Metcalf" <jeff@stat.uconn.edu> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Tape storage. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960404175355.2304G-100000@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <9604040842.AA12627@ruddles.stat.uconn.edu>
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On Thu, 4 Apr 1996, Jeffrey M. Metcalf wrote: > I decided that since I have IDE drives and no SCSI controller, I should > get a Colorado T1000 QIC-80 tape drive. No, you shouldn't. See below. > However, I am having problems > using it. Right now I am running a generic kernel with ft0 at disk 2. > I assume that I must reconfigure the kernel and put it at disk 1 since > all I have is a 3.5in at fd0 and no 5.25. Is this correct? Also, the > documentation for ft mentions that > > 'Formatting and verifying are unsupported at this time you must rely on > your own backup program.' > > What exactly does this mean? You should buy a cheap SCSI controller (the NCR/Symbios 815, 810 if your BIOS supports it) and buy a SCSI tape drive. Floppy tapes just plain aren't (and probably won't be) supported. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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