Date: Sat, 24 May 1997 02:39:04 -0400 (EDT) From: Brian Tao <taob@nbc.netcom.ca> To: FREEBSD-SCSI <freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Anyone use a SyJet 1.5GB cartridge drive? Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.95.970524023146.21528e-100000@tor-adm1.nbc.netcom.ca> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.95.970501105712.13944g-100000@tor-adm1.nbc.netcom.ca>
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On Thu, 1 May 1997, Brian Tao wrote:
>
> I'm thinking of picking up a Syquest SyJet removeable drive and a
> few 1.5GB carts to go with it. They have an external SCSI-2 version
> that looks like it should work under FreeBSD, but I wanted to see if
> anyone else has successfully used a SyJet drive.
Well, I didn't get any responses, so I went ahead and bought a
drive anyway. :) Happily, it seems to work great with FreeBSD so far
(just got it earlier today). It comes up as:
(ncr0:5:0): "SyQuest SyJet-S 0095" type 0 removable SCSI 2
sd1(ncr0:5:0): Direct-Access
sd1(ncr0:5:0): 10.0 MB/s (100 ns, offset 8)
1430MB (2929800 512 byte sectors)
sd1(ncr0:5:0): with 5258 cyls, 4 heads, and an average 139 sectors/track
It newfs to 1419647K total, 1306075K usable. It's also pretty
speedy for a removeable:
-------Sequential Output-------- ---Sequential Input-- --Random--
-Per Char- --Block--- -Rewrite-- -Per Char- --Block--- --Seeks---
Machine MB K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU /sec %CPU
p200-syj 256 1961 28.4 1927 5.1 987 4.5 5594 78.0 5540 14.0 45.0 1.5
You can fit two FreeBSD distributions (including packages and
ports) per cartridge, and the drive unit is easily portable to other
computers to do installs (if you have a SCSI interface; there is also
a parallel model, yuck). It's a sharp-looking drive that can lie
horizontal or be fitted with a vertical tower stand.
--
Brian Tao (BT300, taob@netcom.ca)
"Though this be madness, yet there is method in't"
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