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Date:      Fri, 23 Jan 1998 00:17:15 -0800
From:      "Dave Truesdell" <davet@ttfn.com>
To:        Kevin Day <toasty@home.dragondata.com>
Cc:        grog@lemis.com (Greg Lehey), lamaster@george.arc.nasa.gov, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: SCSI backup tape drive recommendations (again) 
Message-ID:  <7440.885543435@localhost>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 22 Jan 1998 07:17:10 CST." <199801221317.HAA03023@home.dragondata.com> 

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>>  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





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