Date: Tue, 9 Sep 1997 08:37:19 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Richard Tobin <richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk> Cc: FreeBSD Chat <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Is this (SCSI) tape drive compatible with FreeBSD? Message-ID: <19970909083719.55581@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <199709081357.OAA21518@stevenson.cogsci.ed.ac.uk>; from Richard Tobin on Mon, Sep 08, 1997 at 02:57:59PM %2B0100 References: <199709081357.OAA21518@stevenson.cogsci.ed.ac.uk>
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(moved to -chat) On Mon, Sep 08, 1997 at 02:57:59PM +0100, Richard Tobin wrote: > I have an HP T4000s and I can't unreservedly recommend it. Mine > stopped working (continual shoe-shining after restoring a few hundred > MB) and the HP technical support response was "we don't support it > under unix". When I explained that it was clearly a hardware problem, > they said it must be that my "unix files" were "corrupt". Eventually > I talked to a supervisor who agreed to accept the drive for testing, > and last week they phoned to say that yes it is faulty and they will > send me a replacement. Sounds like HP. I recently moved from Germany to Australia, and carried my machine in carry-on luggage, including an HP C1533A DDS-2 drive, which arrived slightly the worse for wear. After some attempts, I discovered that HP Australia refuses to have anything to do with it, since it was bought as an OEM device in Germany. Greghome | help
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