From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Feb 6 18:49:18 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA21430 for hardware-outgoing; Fri, 6 Feb 1998 18:49:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from whizzo.TransSys.COM (whizzo.TransSys.COM [144.202.42.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA21375 for ; Fri, 6 Feb 1998 18:49:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from louie@whizzo.TransSys.COM) Received: from whizzo.TransSys.COM (localhost.transsys.com [127.0.0.1]) by whizzo.TransSys.COM (8.8.8/8.7.3) with ESMTP id VAA05875 for ; Fri, 6 Feb 1998 21:48:52 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199802070248.VAA05875@whizzo.TransSys.COM> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.1 12/23/97 To: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG From: "Louis A. Mamakos" Subject: Re: Q: Opinions on which Tape Drive to Buy? References: Your message of Fri, 06 Feb 98 07:06:34 -0800. <199802061810.KAA22724@kithrup.com> In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 06 Feb 1998 10:10:06 PST." <199802061810.KAA22724@kithrup.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 06 Feb 1998 21:48:52 -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org X-To-Unsubscribe: mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org "unsubscribe hardware" > I bought the drive for about $370 at a local (Sunnyvale, actually) store, > the Disk Drive Depot (aka CSC). It's the second DAT drive I bought from them > (the first, the same model only with DDS-1 + Compression, died a couple of > years after I boguht it). > > Incidently, does anyone know how to use the chio command to control this > sucker? I've never been able to get it to move tapes around, and get various > kernel messages when I try. Try something like chio move slot 0 drive 0 to load the first (0th) slot in the tape magazine into the (only) tape transport. To load the next tape, you have to chio move drive 0 slot 0 chio move slot 1 drive 0 It won't let you move a tape from the transport into an occupied slot. louie