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From: Jim Jagielski <jim@jaguNET.com>
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Subject: Re: FreeBSD-2.2-STABLE and Conner TR4 HyperQIC
To: hlew@www2.shoppersnet.com (Howard Lew)
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 1997 13:59:20 -0400 (EDT)
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In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970610100807.23498B-100000@www2.shoppersnet.com> from "Howard Lew" at Jun 10, 97 10:11:41 am
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Howard Lew wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 10 Jun 1997, Tom Jackson wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, May 29, 1997 at 06:00:08PM -0400, Jim Jagielski wrote:
> > > Awhile ago I had posted that I would test out a new Conner HyperQIC/
> > > Travan4 tape SCSI tape drive under FreeBSD-2.2-STABLE. I installed
> > > it on Monday and have spent the last few days putting it through
> > > it's paces. It was tested on a Adaptec 2940 and 1522B.
> > > 
> > > The Good News: It works solidly and reliably with no changes
> > >  required to the kernel.
> > > The Bad News: It ain't that fast.
> > > 
> 
> Yes, the speed is what I don't like about those Travan devices... and
> don't ever make the mistake of getting the 4 Gig (2.2 uncompressed) Media
> because it holds so much and then deciding to format it because you will
> be surprised how long it takes to complete that task. 
> 

Nah... just start the format when you leave the office on Friday
and it might be done by Monday morning :)


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