From owner-freebsd-scsi Tue Jul 6 18:24:13 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Received: from pawn.primelocation.net (pawn.primelocation.net [205.161.238.235]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7933114F6E for ; Tue, 6 Jul 1999 18:24:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jedgar@fxp.org) Received: by pawn.primelocation.net (Postfix, from userid 1003) id C2BF2F818; Tue, 6 Jul 1999 21:24:03 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pawn.primelocation.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id B3FE39B15; Tue, 6 Jul 1999 21:24:03 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 6 Jul 1999 21:24:03 -0400 (EDT) From: "Chris D. Faulhaber" X-Sender: jedgar@pawn.primelocation.net To: Christopher Taylor Cc: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AIT/DLT Tape Compatibility In-Reply-To: <3782AA8F.6A8087DC@thedial.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, 6 Jul 1999, Christopher Taylor wrote: > I need a high capacity tape backup solution for FreeBSD. In the past, I > have used DAT with no problems, but now I need something quite a bit > bigger and more reliable. Does FreeBSD support AIT or DLT devices? Would > these be considered "SCSI" as stated in the FreeBSD FAQ? > Yes, AIT and DLT drives are considered SCSI if they use a standard SCSI interface. As for specific drives, personally I have been using a Sony SDX-300C (AIT) drive under FreeBSD since pre-3.0. > The FreeBSD FAQ states: > "FreeBSD supports SCSI, QIC-36 (with a QIC-02 interface) and QIC-40/80 > (Floppy based) tape drives. This includes > 8-mm (aka Exabyte) and DAT drives. The QIC-40/80 drives are known to be > slow. > It would be nearly impossible to list every drive out on the market. In general, most tape drives that follow the SCSI specification should work. When in doubt, just ask. ----- Chris D. Faulhaber | All the true gurus I've met never System/Network Administrator, | claimed they were one, and always Reality Check Information, Inc. | pointed to someone better. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message