Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 11:47:51 +0000 (GMT) From: Rick Hamell <hamellr@heorot.1nova.com> To: Gustavo Pamplona <pamplona@uai.com.br> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: QIC-80 Floppy Tape Drive [IS NOT POSSIBLE TO USE THIS DRIVE, WHY NOT? IF OLDER UN*X SYSTEMS SUPPORTED IT. I CAN'T UNDERSTAND. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0009221147180.21098-100000@heorot.1nova.com> In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.20000923160952.007a99a0@uai.com.br>
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If you need it that badly... it sounds like you're volunteering to fix it... :) Or pay to have it fixed. Rick On Sat, 23 Sep 2000, Gustavo Pamplona wrote: > So, do you think better I do this. > > I can't understand right what is the purpose of this mailing list now. > I sent a friendly question and the only answer that I got is to buy another > drive? > > And if I don't had money to buy another drive. (This is my case) > > Hey, man, so, as you said, Is not possible to use this drive with FreeBSD. > > What big system!!! > > THE SYSTEM, SADLY, DON'T SUPPORT A SIMPLE AND A SINGLE FLOPPY TAPE DRIVE. > > What do you think about older UN*X systems that supported Floppy Tape Drives? > > I already had a SCO UN*X System V, dated of 1993, I can't remember the > version, but this SCO UN*X supported this drive. > > I have a FreeBSD 3.2 Release now, bought from CheapBytes for about 1 year > and 1/2, and I read the man pages of 'ft', 'fdc', 'mt' and mainly a FAQ > from freebsd.org, the FreeBSD Frequently Asked Questions for 2.x and 3.x > systems. > > Let me tell a small thing to you. I have other three BSD systems. > > OpenBSD 2.6 (i386) > NetBSD 1.3.2 (i386) > and a Evaluation CD BSDi Internet Super Server v4.1 that I got from > www.bsdi.com > > Will be I will have to send to this mailing list the contents of 'ft' man > page. > That manpage spoke clearly that 'ft' device driver support Colorado Tape > Drives. > > Anyway, I thank your answer, and sorry for my CAPITAL LETTERS, I'm not > screaming. > > At 13:32 23/09/00 +0930, you wrote: > >[Format recovered--see http://www.lemis.com/email/email-format.html] > > > >On Friday, 22 September 2000 at 10:46:05 -0300, Gustavo Pamplona wrote: > >> Hi. > >> > >> (Sorry for my English, I'm a brazilian) > >> > >> My name is Gustavo Pamplona > >> and... > >> > >> I have a floppy tape drive from Colorado Memory Systems. The model > >> is Colorado Jumbo 250 MB Floppy Tape Drive, for use with QIC-80 > >> FloppyTapes of 250 Megabytes. > >> > >> I intend to use it with FreeBSD. > >> > >> How could I use it with the "ft" device driver and if possible: > >> > >> - Is the drive supported by FreeBSD ? > > > >No. Not any more. > > > >The floppy tape driver has fallen into disuse, mainly because floppy > >tapes are so unreliable that you're better off without a tape. If you > >want to buy a tape, look for cheap DDS-2 drives, which are sometimes > >available new for under $100 (a few months back I bought three AIWA > >drives for $79 each on Ebay). Before choosing a drive, check for the > >cost of media, which can rapidly exceed the cost of the drive. > > > >If that's too expensive an outlay for you, consider a CD-R. I > >personally think it's too much work, but depending on your > >requirements you may find it a better fit. > > > >Greg > >-- > >When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. > >If you don't, I may ignore the reply. > >For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html > >Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key > >See complete headers for address and phone numbers > > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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