Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 13:01:06 -0700 From: Scott Long <scottl@freebsd.org> To: Alexandre Vasconcelos <alexandre@abdv.net> Cc: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ServRAID 5i and DLT Message-ID: <41ACD182.1020408@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <41ACD0DF.4050001@abdv.net> References: <41ACAA88.5050307@abdv.net> <41ACCAAA.4070900@freebsd.org> <41ACD0DF.4050001@abdv.net>
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Alexandre Vasconcelos wrote: > Scott Long wrote: > > The ips driver has no mechanism for exporting SCSI devices like tape > >> drives. It's probably possible to examine something like the linux >> driver and figure out how to make it work, but it likely requires >> something in the range of 400-600 lines of code. > > > Hi Scott, > > Thanks for responding. > Despite my little experience programming in C some day I would like to > contribute with this code to the community.. but I need to make this > tape works as soon as possible to replace another server with a hard > crashed tape, for this reason I'm running without backups. Witch adapter > would you recommend to work with this DLT tape on FreeBSD 5.3? > > Thanks again, > Alexandre Any normal SCSI controller will work. You can pick up fairly cheap LSI and Adaptec controllers at major retailers and of course eBay. Scott
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