Date: Mon, 8 Dec 1997 16:40:51 -0500 (EST) From: "Christopher R. Bowman" <crb@glue.umd.edu> To: Philipp Reichmuth <uzsv2k@uni-bonn.de> Cc: Timothy J Luoma <luomat+freebsd@luomat.peak.org>, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SyQuest Drives and FBSD Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971208163618.9660A-100000@quark.umd.edu> In-Reply-To: <347EC410.167EB0E7@uni-bonn.de>
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On Fri, 28 Nov 1997, Philipp Reichmuth wrote: >Timothy J Luoma wrote: >> >> Has anyone installed FSBD on a SyQuest drive, specifically a SyJet? > >Yes. I've done it on an EZflyer 230 for backup. It works. > >> I'd like to be able to use the SyJet as the boot drive for several different >> OSes, so I can put one OS on each cart, boot the machine and voila.... >> Also, can I mount EZ135 SyQuest cart under FBSD? > >I don't know why it shouldn't work. My EZflyer 230 works OK. You'll need >an appropriate disktab entry, though. > >> They are supposed to operate just like regular HDs. > >In fact, they do. I had to turn off disconnect for the SyQuest drive on >an Adaptec AHA2940U because otherwise the SCSI subsystem went down in >the dumps when the drive spun down. > >Philipp I haven't installed on one, but I do perform backups using one, I would have thought that the SCSI system would not be very tolerant of their spining down with inactivity. But I hear that the new SCSI subsystem will handle spun down disks much better. Best of all the disks are starting to get cheap, at $161 for a 3 pack. --------- Christopher R. Bowman crb@Glue.umd.edu <A HREF="http://www.glue.umd.edu/~crb">My home page</A>
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