From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Dec 5 14:28:25 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id OAA09841 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 5 Dec 1996 14:28:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from hera.ecs.csus.edu (hera.ecs.csus.edu [130.86.71.150]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id OAA09834 for ; Thu, 5 Dec 1996 14:28:22 -0800 (PST) Received: from gaia.ecs.csus.edu (gaia.ecs.csus.edu [130.86.71.9]) by hera.ecs.csus.edu (8.8.3/8.8.2) with ESMTP id OAA14603; Thu, 5 Dec 1996 14:28:14 -0800 (PST) Received: (from sithoa@localhost) by gaia.ecs.csus.edu (8.8.3/8.8.2) id OAA14631; Thu, 5 Dec 1996 14:27:50 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 5 Dec 1996 14:27:49 -0800 (PST) From: Allen Sitho To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu cc: FreeBSD Subject: Re: Help for HP T3000 Tape drive. In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Ok, then, can I at least stop FreeBSD from locking up when it boots? I don't mind not being able to use it in FreeBSD but I want to have it in my system. Thanks. On Thu, 5 Dec 1996, Doug White wrote: > On Wed, 4 Dec 1996, Allen Sitho wrote: > > > > > I just installed a hp T3000 tape drive and when I boot up FreeBSD > > > > > > How is this tape interfaced? > > > > The tape is daisy chained to the 3.5" floppy drive. > > In that case, your tape is not supported. Only QIC 40 and 80 drivers are > currently supported under the ft driver. There is a new one in > development, but no guarantees. > > SCSI tapes work 99.99% of the time. > > Doug White | University of Oregon > Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant > http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major > > ooooo ooooo $$$$$$$$o o$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$o$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$ $$$$$ $$$$ Allen Sitho $$$$ "$$$$ $$$$" "$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$" ""$$$$$$$$$$$"" ""$$$$$"" "$"