From owner-freebsd-hardware Sat Aug 28 14:43:48 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from palrel3.hp.com (palrel3.hp.com [156.153.255.226]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5812B14E68 for ; Sat, 28 Aug 1999 14:43:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from darrylo@sr.hp.com) Received: from postal.sr.hp.com (root@postal.sr.hp.com [15.4.46.173]) by palrel3.hp.com (8.8.6 (PHNE_17135)/8.8.5tis) with ESMTP id OAA12473 for ; Sat, 28 Aug 1999 14:42:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mina.sr.hp.com (root@mina.sr.hp.com [15.4.42.247]) by postal.sr.hp.com with ESMTP (8.8.6 (PHNE_17190)/8.7.3 TIS 5.0) id OAA02738; Sat, 28 Aug 1999 14:42:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (darrylo@mina.sr.hp.com [15.4.42.247]) by mina.sr.hp.com with ESMTP (8.8.6 (PHNE_17135)/8.7.3 TIS 5.0) id OAA17051; Sat, 28 Aug 1999 14:42:51 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199908282142.OAA17051@mina.sr.hp.com> To: searle@longacre.demon.co.uk Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: OnStream Reply-To: Darryl Okahata In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 27 Aug 1999 19:57:12 BST." <19990827195712.39659@longacre.demon.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by tm-edit 7.108) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Date: Sat, 28 Aug 1999 14:42:51 -0700 From: Darryl Okahata Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Michael Searle wrote: > Are the OnStream SC30 and SC50 (SCSI tape drives) > supported? Can they be used reliably and reasonably > fast? AFAIK they need special support, so what > OS version do I need to run them? They're not supported, yet. People are supposedly working on getting them working, but it's unclear as to when the support will materialize. If I had to take a wild guess, I'd say that some kind of support will exist by December or so, and possibly earlier. [ This is not an official statement -- or even an unofficial one. I've got very little contact with the people working on the drivers, but I, too, need some kind of SCSI OnStream support. I can wait until the end of the year or so; if something doesn't happen by then, I may take a stab at some kind of SC30 (but not SC50) support. Or, I may not, depending on how much time I have. ] -- Darryl Okahata darrylo@sr.hp.com DISCLAIMER: this message is the author's personal opinion and does not constitute the support, opinion, or policy of Hewlett-Packard, or of the little green men that have been following him all day. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message