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Subject: Re: EIDE Tape?
In-Reply-To: <199801151958.MAA03892@harmony.village.org> from Warner Losh at "Jan 15, 98 12:58:04 pm"
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In reply to Warner Losh who wrote:
> 
> Does the "wt" device support generic EIDE tapes?  Specifically, I'm
> looking at Travan EIDE 8GB tape back-up ($160) or Conner EIDE 4GB
> QICWIDE Tape drive ($89).  From looking at the sources, it would
> appear that it doesn't, but I thought I'd ask.

Nope, we don't have support for EIDE tapes (yet).
When I get a little time plus some spare $ thats not spent better
someplace else, I'll write the driver (goes into the atapi subsystem).


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