From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Apr 4 17:55:08 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id RAA29224 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 4 Apr 1996 17:55:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.164]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id RAA29214 for ; Thu, 4 Apr 1996 17:55:02 -0800 (PST) Received: (from dwhite@localhost) by riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id RAA02416; Thu, 4 Apr 1996 17:55:48 -0800 Date: Thu, 4 Apr 1996 17:55:47 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: "Jeffrey M. Metcalf" cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Tape storage. In-Reply-To: <9604040842.AA12627@ruddles.stat.uconn.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 4 Apr 1996, Jeffrey M. Metcalf wrote: > I decided that since I have IDE drives and no SCSI controller, I should > get a Colorado T1000 QIC-80 tape drive. No, you shouldn't. See below. > However, I am having problems > using it. Right now I am running a generic kernel with ft0 at disk 2. > I assume that I must reconfigure the kernel and put it at disk 1 since > all I have is a 3.5in at fd0 and no 5.25. Is this correct? Also, the > documentation for ft mentions that > > 'Formatting and verifying are unsupported at this time you must rely on > your own backup program.' > > What exactly does this mean? You should buy a cheap SCSI controller (the NCR/Symbios 815, 810 if your BIOS supports it) and buy a SCSI tape drive. Floppy tapes just plain aren't (and probably won't be) supported. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major