From owner-freebsd-scsi Tue Dec 9 21:13:07 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id VAA16126 for freebsd-scsi-outgoing; Tue, 9 Dec 1997 21:13:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-scsi) Received: from Tandem.com (suntan.tandem.com [192.216.221.8]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id VAA16121 for ; Tue, 9 Dec 1997 21:13:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: from papillon.lemis.com ([168.87.69.104]) by Tandem.com (8.8.8/2.0.1) with ESMTP id VAA12398; Tue, 9 Dec 1997 21:12:58 -0800 (PST) Received: (grog@localhost) by papillon.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.6.12) id MAA05655; Wed, 10 Dec 1997 12:44:13 +0800 (CST) Message-ID: <19971210124412.30786@lemis.com> Date: Wed, 10 Dec 1997 12:44:12 +0800 From: Greg Lehey To: obrien@NUXI.com Cc: freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Questions about mt and SCSI subsystem References: <199712100037.SAA25972@nospam.hiwaay.net> <19971209184656.58962@relay.nuxi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.84e In-Reply-To: <19971209184656.58962@relay.nuxi.com>; from David E. O'Brien on Tue, Dec 09, 1997 at 06:46:56PM -0800 Organisation: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, Dec 09, 1997 at 06:46:56PM -0800, David E. O'Brien wrote: >> a couple 8mm Exabyte 8505's. Darn it, those Exabytes sure look nice and >> work well on my FreeBSD system. > > Then your luck is better than mine. My 8505 has mostly been useless on > FreeBSD. :-( Don't tell me that. I just bought one (-XL) here in Hong Kong. Brand new Sun shoebox, only $600. But I had an 8500 before that, and I didn't have any software trouble with it. What's your problem? Greg