Date: Thu, 2 May 1996 14:41:22 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: odhner@recom.com (Geoff Odhner) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: About QIC-3020 tape drive use with FreeBSD Message-ID: <199605020511.OAA28010@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <31885440.7EE2@recom.com> from "Geoff Odhner" at May 1, 96 11:20:48 pm
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Geoff Odhner stands accused of saying: > > I have installed FreeBSD 2.1.0, and I find that my tape drive is not > supported. It is a Ditto 3200, which uses the QIC-3020 format. It > appears to me, from looking at the source file, that determining its > geometry, and adding it to the array of geometry specifications, might > be sufficient to allow me to use this tape drive. Have you tried? > If not, can you perhaps give me a bit more information/explanation > about the struct used to hold this information, and exactly what needs > to go into it? If you tell me this and I am able to get it working, > I will, of course, give you the table entry that works. Do I sniff a volunteer willing to work on the floppytape code? Are you truly brave enough to shoulder the task? > -Geoff Odhner -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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