Date: Sat, 28 Aug 1999 14:51:53 -0700 (PDT) From: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com> To: Darryl Okahata <darrylo@sr.hp.com> Cc: searle@longacre.demon.co.uk, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: OnStream Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9908281451150.369-100000@semuta.feral.com> In-Reply-To: <199908282142.OAA17051@mina.sr.hp.com>
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> > > 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. I'm the putz in question. It's been hard for me to find the joining of time to do this and a stable -current for my setups. > > [ 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 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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