Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 13:58:22 -0300 (EST) From: Joao Carlos Mendes Luis <jonny@gaia.coppe.ufrj.br> To: gibbs@freefall.freebsd.org (Justin T. Gibbs) Cc: peter@taronga.com, scsi@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: <Help> Exabyte 8200 tape driver Message-ID: <199608231658.NAA07315@mailhost.coppe.ufrj.br> In-Reply-To: <199608231617.JAA06252@freefall.freebsd.org> from "Justin T. Gibbs" at "Aug 23, 96 09:17:13 am"
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#define quoting(Justin T. Gibbs) // >In article <199608230621.OAA00617@zeus.csie.nctu.edu.tw> you write: // >> Does anyone has experiences with Exabyte 8200 8mm tape driver on 2.1.5? // > // >No, just 2.1.0 and 2.0.5. // > // >FreeBSD and the 8200 don't get along. I get a lot of bogus errors and // >hangs from an Adaptec 2940 and a 1540B. I assumed it was because the 8200 // >is sorta halfway between SCSI1 and SCSI2. I have one Exabyte 8200C and have used it more than once in my FreeBSD server. It's a 2.1.0 with a BT946 controller. My only "problem" was that I could not have the same information from the tape as I has in a SunOS/Solaris, while using mt status. // Anyone have one of these drives they'd care to send me for a week or two? // I promise to send it back which the bugs fixed in the st driver. 8-) I'd like to, but I think that a posting from Brazil is some kind of overkill... :) Jonny -- Joao Carlos Mendes Luis jonny@gta.ufrj.br +55 21 290-4698 ( Job ) jonny@cisi.coppe.ufrj.br Network Manager UFRJ/COPPE/CISI Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
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