Date: Wed, 7 Jul 1999 19:19:43 +0200 (CEST) From: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl> To: ken@plutotech.com (Kenneth D. Merry) Cc: jedgar@fxp.org, chris@thedial.com, freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AIT/DLT Tape Compatibility Message-ID: <199907071719.TAA00754@yedi.iaf.nl> In-Reply-To: <199907070317.VAA88180@panzer.kdm.org> from "Kenneth D. Merry" at "Jul 6, 1999 9:17:27 pm"
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As Kenneth D. Merry wrote ... > Chris D. Faulhaber wrote... > > 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. > > I can also confirm that the SDX-300C works just fine under FreeBSD. It > can even hold more than 50G on a single tape. :) To add to the confusion: DLT2000 and DLT4000 run just fine with FreeBSD. I run both models. Don't have a DLT7000 but I have no reason to assume it would work any less than the DLT[24]00 drives. Wilko -- | / o / / _ Arnhem, The Netherlands - Powered by FreeBSD - |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte WWW : http://www.tcja.nl http://www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message
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