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Date:      Fri, 16 Jan 1998 12:02:22 +1030
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        Warner Losh <imp@village.org>
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: EIDE Tape? 
Message-ID:  <199801160132.MAA00864@word.smith.net.au>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 15 Jan 1998 12:58:04 PDT." <199801151958.MAA03892@harmony.village.org> 

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> 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.

'wt' only supports the old Wangtek tape devices.  There is *no* support 
for ATAPI (not EIDE) tapes.  

It would not be terribly difficult to add such support.

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