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Date:      Thu, 2 Jul 1998 01:10:58 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        "Arthur W. Neilson III" <art@neilson.ddns.org>
Cc:        fitch@ll.mit.edu, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Tape Back-up
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980702011029.18536n-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19980630090104.00840c30@neilson.ddns.org>

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On Tue, 30 Jun 1998, Arthur W. Neilson III wrote:

> At 04:13 PM 6/29/98 -0400, you wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >I installed FreeBSD on a Dell Pentium PC.  This PC has a Seagate CTT8000
> >Internal IDE Minicartride Drive that takes a 4/8 GB 3M travan
> >cartridge.  It is connected to the Secondary IDE on the motherboard. 
> >Device manager reports that this IDE has IRQ 15, address 0170.
> >
> >Can this tape drive be made to work thru FreeBSD?  If so, any suggested
> >steps would be appreciated.
> >
> >Thanks, George Fitch
> 
> If you get this device to work please let me know, because I have
> one as well.  FreeBSD at boot time on my 2.2.6-RELEASE system does
> see the tape drive when it gets probed however a message saying
> that ATAPI tape units are not yet supported is displayed.  Is ATAPI
> tape support in 3.0 perhaps???


Maybe, but it is not in the system right now.  Stick to SCSI tape.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major


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