Date: Sun, 27 Jul 1997 21:18:19 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Chuck <crtb@capecod.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Exabyte tape question Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970727211724.6107G-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <199707271759.NAA00290@localhost.nih.gov>
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On Sun, 27 Jul 1997, Chuck wrote: > Just installed FreeBSD 2.2.2 in a new box. Said box (acquired off > the net) includes an Exabyte Travan Eagle (using all the trademarked > names off the box) tape drive with ISA accelerator card. The > original (GENERIC?) kernel from the CD fails to find it, and all > Exabyte's info doesn't say anything about whether it's PNP, or > where its IO addresses are, just to bring up some Microsoft OS > (forgot which) and say A:INSTALL or something. I have no Microsoft > products on the new box. Am I out of luck? This is probably some sort of floppy-tape device, which isn't supported at current. I suggest returning said box for SCSI controller/tape combo for optimum performance and support. More expensive but you'll like it much better. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major Spam routed to /dev/null by Procmail | Death to Cyberpromo
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