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> I guess I've answered my own question. The QFA 500
> appears to work with the wt0 driver just fine.
> 
> 1) Should I let the doc project know?

Heavens no!  They would just document it, and then we wouldn't
be able to answer "does the QFA 500 work?" questions with things
like "yes, use the wt0 driver -- it works just fine".

8-) 8-).


> 2) Is there a test suite which I could run to ensure
>    it is "really" compatible. (I've just been using
>    tar with it).

Maybe step through all of the MT commands.  I haven't seen a tape
driver validation suite outside of a lab at NCR before AT&T bought
them.

> 3) How can I make /dev/rwt0 the default tape device
>    (for tar, mt, etc?). Point me to the doc...

Recompile it.  The default is /dev/rst0 (see the man page).

This should probably be install-time configurable... anyone?


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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