From owner-freebsd-questions Fri May 15 05:21:20 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA11598 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 15 May 1998 05:21:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from horton.iaces.com (horton.iaces.com [204.147.87.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id FAA11530 for ; Fri, 15 May 1998 05:20:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from proot@horton.iaces.com) Received: (from proot@localhost) by horton.iaces.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) id HAA09399; Fri, 15 May 1998 07:20:26 -0500 (CDT) From: "Paul T. Root" Message-Id: <199805151220.HAA09399@horton.iaces.com> Subject: Re: Syquest drives and FreeBSD To: egravel@elr346.ateng.az.honeywell.com (Emmanuel Gravel) Date: Fri, 15 May 1998 07:20:26 -0500 (CDT) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <355B156B.5D201372@elr346.ateng.az.honeywell.com> from Emmanuel Gravel at "May 14, 98 04:01:47 pm" X-Organization: USWEST !nterprise Networking - ACES X-Phone: (612) 664-3385 X-Fax: (612) 664-4779 X-Page: (800) SKY-PAGE PIN: 537-7270 X-Address: 600 Stinson Blvd, Fl 1S X-Address: Minneapolis, MN 55413 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL22 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In a previous message, Emmanuel Gravel said: > Are Syquest SparQ drives (and any other in this newer line) supported > by FreeBSD? I'm thinking of using this partly as a means of backup, > instead of using tape drives (much quicker and very much in the same > price range, if not even cheaper per MB). I don't have a SparQ but I do have an EZ135 and a SyJet both SCSI and both work just fine on FreeBSD. In general, you should have no problem using them if they are SCSI. Probably, they'll be fine if they are IDE. And probably won't work if they are parellel. Paul. -- I'm the bad guy? ... How did that happen? - Michael Douglas "Falling Down" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message