From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Jan 30 05:24:12 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA27241 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 30 Jan 1998 05:24:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from word.smith.net.au (vh1.gsoft.com.au [203.38.152.122]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id FAA27216 for ; Fri, 30 Jan 1998 05:24:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@word.smith.net.au) Received: from word (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by word.smith.net.au (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id XAA04433; Fri, 30 Jan 1998 23:46:55 +1030 (CST) Message-Id: <199801301316.XAA04433@word.smith.net.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: hm@kts.org cc: mike@smith.net.au (Mike Smith), hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD updated Installation / Adminsitration Kit In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 30 Jan 1998 13:20:35 BST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 30 Jan 1998 23:46:55 +1030 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG X-To-Unsubscribe: mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org "unsubscribe hackers" > Mike Smith wrote: > > > > > FAILSAFE should be ripped out of GENERIC, at least until we know why it > > > > causes the NCR driver to spit when talking to some tape drives. > > > > Nothing else uses it anyway. 8( > > > > > > I hope you know that it will then be impossible to install and operate > > > FreeBSD on HP3725/28/etc. disks. > > > > At last, a reason. OK, so get someone with one of these disks and a > > Sony DDS drive and let them work out what to do. 8) > > HP DDS drives work well. So where do i get a Sony from ? Er, Sony, I would expect. At least here, they know where their distributors are. I can confirm we have problems with the SDT-5000 and 5500 units that we've deployed. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\