From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Mar 22 17:12:42 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id RAA18142 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 22 Mar 1996 17:12:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id RAA18135 for ; Fri, 22 Mar 1996 17:12:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id LAA21192; Sat, 23 Mar 1996 11:58:54 +1030 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199603230128.LAA21192@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: ioMega ditto 800 To: creep@cyberwar.com (Jeff Auerbach) Date: Sat, 23 Mar 1996 11:58:54 +1030 (CST) Cc: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: from "Jeff Auerbach" at Mar 22, 96 03:16:48 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Jeff Auerbach stands accused of saying: > I am starting to think that my tape drive is the one at fault. I am > using an IOmega ditto 800 on /dev/ft0. Does freebsd support this drive? You are correct. "Floppy-tape" drives are spawn of Satan's bored little nephew - they don't work properly under DOS, and even less well anywhere else. SCSI is the _only_ way to go for tape units. > Jeff Auerbach Cyber Warrior Inc. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[