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Date:      Wed, 7 Jul 1999 10:48:26 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com>
To:        Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl>
Cc:        "Kenneth D. Merry" <ken@plutotech.com>, jedgar@fxp.org, chris@thedial.com, freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: AIT/DLT Tape Compatibility
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9907071047270.13468-100000@semuta.feral.com>
In-Reply-To: <199907071719.TAA00754@yedi.iaf.nl>

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> > > 
> > > > 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.

Why is this confusion? Have I missed a bug report somewhere?

The Onstream device support is in progress. It's not 50GB for this model,
but that will be coming.




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