From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Mar 15 13:41:18 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA05630 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 15 Mar 1998 13:41:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA05254 for ; Sun, 15 Mar 1998 13:39:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id NAA25091; Sun, 15 Mar 1998 13:38:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Sun, 15 Mar 1998 13:38:58 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Clem Dye cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Support for HP T3000 tape drive under FreeBSD? In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19980315105704.005356d0@popmail.dircon.co.uk> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, 15 Mar 1998, Clem Dye wrote: > Hi, I wonder if someone could offer me a little advice please? > > I have FreeBSD 2.2.5 on CD-ROM, ready to install on a recently-built > system. Just before installing I thought it a good idea to double-check the > hardware compatability, and it would appear that I might have a problem. > > My system has been built including a Hewlett-Packard T3000 > floppy-controller based tape drive. This uses TR3 (QIC3095, I think) tapes. > The FreeBSD hardware compatability pages only mention QIC40/80 tape drives. > Am I going to be out of luck support-wise, or is there support for this > type of drive, either within FreeBSD or via add-ons? Nope. Floppy tape hasn't been touched in ages. SCSI tape is **MUCH** faster and better supported :) Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message