From owner-freebsd-isp Fri Jan 23 00:18:25 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA11056 for freebsd-isp-outgoing; Fri, 23 Jan 1998 00:18:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gw.ttfn.com (ttfn.com [204.182.16.254]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA11050 for ; Fri, 23 Jan 1998 00:18:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from davet@ttfn.com) Received: from localhost.ttfn.com (nomad.ttfn.com [192.168.0.36]) by gw.ttfn.com (8.8.5/8.6.9) with ESMTP id AAA11163; Fri, 23 Jan 1998 00:17:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.ttfn.com (8.8.8/8.8.4) with ESMTP id AAA07462; Fri, 23 Jan 1998 00:17:44 -0800 (PST) X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0gamma 1/27/96 From: "Dave Truesdell" To: Kevin Day Cc: grog@lemis.com (Greg Lehey), lamaster@george.arc.nasa.gov, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Reply-To: davet@geoplex.com Subject: Re: SCSI backup tape drive recommendations (again) In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 22 Jan 1998 07:17:10 CST." <199801221317.HAA03023@home.dragondata.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 23 Jan 1998 00:17:15 -0800 Message-ID: <7440.885543435@localhost> Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >> Check out http://www.corpsys.com/cgi-bin/select?1130679869093&inventory&T >> for one supplier ($379 for a 4-tape changer). If you buy one and have >> trouble, let me know: I have one and have had none, but some people have >> had problems with refurbs which suggest a defective unit. >> >> Greg >> > >I've got several of those drives, and they work great. They need a *ton* of >airflow though, so if you mount them internally, put a fan behind them. > >I submitted a PR a while back showing how to use the scsi command to >autoload with them. (ch0 doesn't work on this drive) I've had one of these drives controlled with ch0 for over a year and a half. Did you forget to hack scsiconf.c so the other LUNs get probed? -- T.T.F.N., Dave Truesdell / davet@{geoplex,ttfn}.com