Date: Tue, 5 Sep 1995 12:14:00 +0200 (MET DST) From: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org (FreeBSD hackers) Cc: jehamby@lightside.com (Jake Hamby) Subject: Re: QIC-80 tape driver sucks.. Message-ID: <199509051014.MAA00984@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.950904233626.302B-100000@localhost> from "Jake Hamby" at Sep 4, 95 11:39:08 pm
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As Jake Hamby wrote: > > Upgrade to SCSI. Floppy tape is fundamentally broken and unfixable. > If I had $600-$700 to spend I would probably have bought a DAT or 8mm SCSI > drive, but I thought it would be much more economical (since this computer > is for home use and my backup needs aren't that great) to stick with a > floppy tape backup since it only cost $170. Did you ever consider buying a used QIC-150 drive? They are rock-solid, only somewhat more expensive than this cr*ppy QIC-40/80 stuff, and might suffice for most ``home computer'' sites. > Don't blame the hardware for FreeBSD's lack of driver support. Linux > supported my QIC-80 drive just fine. As soon as I analyze Linux's FTAPE > and the existing broken FreeBSD drivers, I'll try to come up with a > better solution, and if I do, I'll be happy to maintain it for the > FreeBSD team. I'll keep everyone posted... Many have been there, many have done that, all resigned. :-( We greatly appreciate your offer to maintain it! -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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