Date: Sat, 2 Sep 1995 20:03:46 -0700 (PDT) From: Jake Hamby <jehamby@lightside.com> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: QIC-80 tape driver sucks.. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.950902195920.1984A-100000@localhost>
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Is anyone using the floppy tape driver in FreeBSD for QIC-80 extended
length tapes? I have a Colorado Jumbo 350 and the 'ft' program really
screws up when I use the DC2120-XL (170MB) tapes. I'm also thinking about
upgrading to a T1000 Travan drive which supports up to 400MB
(uncompressed) tapes but I'm afraid it will have a similar problem.
As soon as I can snag a copy of the ft(1) source as well as FTAPE (the
Linux floppy tape driver which DOES work with these tapes) I should be
able to hack it into submission. Actually I'd prefer to put floppy tape
support entirely in the kernel where it belongs (so I can use 'mt') but
I'm afraid I'm not a good enough kernel hacker for that. I'll post up to
this list when I've got a patch, but I'd like to know first if anyone has
already solved this problem?
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Jake Hamby | E-Mail: jehamby@lightside.com
Student, Cal Poly University, Pomona | System Administrator, JPL
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