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Subject: Re: FreeBSD and HP DLT1
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Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 15:31:53 +0400 (MSK/MSD)
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In-Reply-To: <3B5FE05B.609A7575@i-clue.de> from "Christoph Sold" at "Jul 26, 1 11:18:19 am"
From: Mary N Koroleva <mnk@ripn.net>
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According to Christoph Sold:
> 
> 
> Mary N Koroleva wrote:
> > 
> > Are there among us happy owners HP DLT or HP DLT1? ;-)
> >
> > If - yes, would you be so kind to share one's experiences 
> > of work with them with me? 
> 
> DELL DLT1. In fact, all DLT 1 tape mechanisms are manufactured by
> Benchmark. Connect, power up, scan the scsi bus, and forget about the
> device. Just pop in a tape when you'll need it. Never had any tape read
> or write error, and best of all is you have to clean the tape only when
> the cleaning light blinks. This is the case after a few months of daily
> use. Single-file restore time needs less than five minutes. I'd never go
> back to DDS tapes.

I worry about drivers for DLT: there is no mention of DLT in the man
for sa, mt, mtio. Are you sure that they support DLT?

> 
> HTH
> -Christoph Sold
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