Date: Tue, 10 Jun 1997 10:11:41 -0700 (PDT) From: Howard Lew <hlew@www2.shoppersnet.com> To: Tom Jackson <toj@gorilla.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, jim@jaquNET.com Subject: Re: FreeBSD-2.2-STABLE and Conner TR4 HyperQIC Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970610100807.23498B-100000@www2.shoppersnet.com> In-Reply-To: <19970610010325.54872@peeper.my.domain>
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On Tue, 10 Jun 1997, Tom Jackson wrote: > On Thu, May 29, 1997 at 06:00:08PM -0400, Jim Jagielski wrote: > > Awhile ago I had posted that I would test out a new Conner HyperQIC/ > > Travan4 tape SCSI tape drive under FreeBSD-2.2-STABLE. I installed > > it on Monday and have spent the last few days putting it through > > it's paces. It was tested on a Adaptec 2940 and 1522B. > > > > The Good News: It works solidly and reliably with no changes > > required to the kernel. > > The Bad News: It ain't that fast. > > Yes, the speed is what I don't like about those Travan devices... and don't ever make the mistake of getting the 4 Gig (2.2 uncompressed) Media because it holds so much and then deciding to format it because you will be surprised how long it takes to complete that task.
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