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>> 
>> i don't see a reason it should not.
>
> Although they are HD, they are sold as tape replacement.
> I was told they are seen as tapes and last time I checked only SCSI tapes 
> were supported by FreeBSD.
>
> The whole thing might however not hold and they could be seen for what they 
> are: just hard disks.
>
> This is another good question...
>
>
>
>
>> anyway - it's cardridges are more expensive than ordinary hard disks - 
>> doesn't make sense.
>
> On the cost you are right; they justify this with higher reliability.
> Whether this is true or not, I don't know.

for sure not.