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Date:      Mon, 08 Jan 2001 20:46:18 -0500
From:      Sergey Babkin <babkin@bellatlantic.net>
To:        "Kenneth D. Merry" <ken@kdm.org>
Cc:        cristian nicolae <cristian.nicolae@chello.at>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: SCSI DAT tape detection on Compaq DL380
Message-ID:  <3A5A6D6A.4115A4BD@bellatlantic.net>
References:  <3A5870B9.D4402452@chello.at> <20010107133757.A55049@panzer.kdm.org>

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"Kenneth D. Merry" wrote:
> 
> On Sun, Jan 07, 2001 at 14:35:53 +0100, cristian nicolae wrote:
> > Dear all,
> > I have a Compaq DL380 with an integrated Compaq Smart Array Controller.
> > I have succesfully managed to install the FreeBSD 4.2-20010104
> > and everything is fine but the DAT drive which is not detected.
> > The DAT is connected to the same Controller as the RAID system.

> I don't think the ida driver in FreeBSD has SCSI passthrough capability.
> 
> I don't know whether or not the hardware itself has passthrough capability;

I think it does (I suspect that UnixWare supports it) but I'm not 
100% sure.
 
> > On the other hand does any of you have info whether Compaq will support
> > officially FreeBSD in the future?
> 
> I don't know.  They offer FreeBSD in their test drive program, though:

It may be worth it calling them and asking anyway. If they hear from
the customers that the customers want FreeBSD they would eventually
add its support. I think this is approximately how they started
supporting Linux.

-SB


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