From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Mar 1 01:21:41 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id BAA25435 for hackers-outgoing; Sat, 1 Mar 1997 01:21:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from sax.sax.de (sax.sax.de [193.175.26.33]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id BAA25428 for ; Sat, 1 Mar 1997 01:21:36 -0800 (PST) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by sax.sax.de (8.6.12/8.6.12-s1) with UUCP id KAA19447; Sat, 1 Mar 1997 10:21:34 +0100 Received: (from j@localhost) by uriah.heep.sax.de (8.8.5/8.8.5) id JAA29788; Sat, 1 Mar 1997 09:29:11 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: Date: Sat, 1 Mar 1997 09:29:11 +0100 From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) To: freebsd-hackers@freefall.freebsd.org Cc: fadorno@sm1.gte.net Subject: Re: Exabyte's TR-3 Eagle Nest References: X-Mailer: Mutt 0.55-PL10 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Phone: +49-351-2012 669 X-PGP-Fingerprint: DC 47 E6 E4 FF A6 E9 8F 93 21 E0 7D F9 12 D6 4E Reply-To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de (Joerg Wunsch) In-Reply-To: ; from Howard Lew on Feb 26, 1997 00:22:36 -0800 Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk As Howard Lew wrote: > > > Can someone tell me how to configure this drive in my kernel and how to > > > test the installation? > > > > Sure, if you tell us what kind of beast it is, instead of silently > > assuming we already knew it? > > I have one too, but it's a floppy port monster and supposed to be > compatible with MC3000XL, QIC-Wide, Travan TR-3, and QIC-Extra. That means it's most likely unsupported, though one could give it a try to use the ft(4) driver. If there's anybody outside feeling challenged to improve (i.e., essentially rething and rewrite) the ft(4) driver, please speak up! -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)