Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 10:48:41 -0800 From: Bill Campbell <freebsd@celestial.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Newbie: Touchy Travan tape drive rewind problem Message-ID: <20031112184841.GB65978@alexis.mi.celestial.com> In-Reply-To: <p05111b04bbd81eaa8414@[10.1.1.128]> References: <p05111b04bbd81eaa8414@[10.1.1.128]>
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On Wed, Nov 12, 2003, Christophe wrote: >I've installed FreeBSD 4.9-RELEASE on a Dell 400SC with an ATA Travan >tape drive, accessing it through /dev/ast0. On linear writing >operations, it works great... but there appears to be some kind of >timeout problem on rewind: A good general rule about using the Travan tape drives is -- don't. We used them for about a year until they started giving all kinds of wierd problems that appeared to be hardware related, timeouts, not able to read tapes after they were written, etc. Bill -- INTERNET: bill@Celestial.COM Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC UUCP: camco!bill PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way FAX: (206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) 236-1676 URL: http://www.celestial.com/ The very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common. Instead of altering their views to fit the facts, they alter the facts to fit their views ... which can be very uncomfortable if you happen to be one of the facts that needs altering. -- Doctor Who, "Face of Evil"
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