Date: Tue, 5 Dec 95 11:42:25 CST From: dietz@cyrix.com (Carl Dietz) To: hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ft (QIC 40/80) Message-ID: <9512051742.AA13181@max.cyrix.com>
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Robert Trangmar writes: > > Does anyone know why this this wasn't written as a *complete* tape driver? > It would be really useful for me to have this as a device i could use > dump and tar on and i am considering looking further into it with a view > to enhancing it to do just that. > Just thought i'd cast around to see if anyone had any input before i > expended/wasted valuable time. > > Thanks in advance, > > RobT > I guess this explains the troubles I've been having with my new floppy tape drive I bought this last week. It wouldn't work with tar, dd, or mt. I was beginning to think that something was wrong with the tape drive, 'cause the FreeBSD docs say that the floppy tape is supported. FreeBSD was recognizing it at boot-up, but wouldn't do anything else with it. I only bought the thing because FreeBSD said it supported it, and I can't afford to buy the SCSI DAT drive that I'd really love to have (pipe dream :-) ). But the FreeBSD documentation never said that it wasn't fully supported like the SCSI tape drives are. How exactly is the QIC 80 120MB floppy tape drive supported under FreeBSD ? Since tar, dd, and mt don't work, what do I use to read/write from/to the drive ? Or should I just flush my new tape drive down the toilet ? Carl --------------------------------------------------------------- | Carl Dietz Cache Designer | | dietz@cyrix.com (214) 968-8249 | --------------------------------------------------------------- | SULU: "As advanced as you obviously are, you still play ?" | | KIRK: "Yes, Mr. Sulu, play. The more complex the mind, the | | greater the need for the simplicity of play." | | STTOS:"Shore Leave" | ---------------------------------------------------------------
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