Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 20:46:18 -0500 From: Sergey Babkin <babkin@bellatlantic.net> To: "Kenneth D. Merry" <ken@kdm.org> Cc: cristian nicolae <cristian.nicolae@chello.at>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SCSI DAT tape detection on Compaq DL380 Message-ID: <3A5A6D6A.4115A4BD@bellatlantic.net> References: <3A5870B9.D4402452@chello.at> <20010107133757.A55049@panzer.kdm.org>
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"Kenneth D. Merry" wrote: > > On Sun, Jan 07, 2001 at 14:35:53 +0100, cristian nicolae wrote: > > Dear all, > > I have a Compaq DL380 with an integrated Compaq Smart Array Controller. > > I have succesfully managed to install the FreeBSD 4.2-20010104 > > and everything is fine but the DAT drive which is not detected. > > The DAT is connected to the same Controller as the RAID system. > I don't think the ida driver in FreeBSD has SCSI passthrough capability. > > I don't know whether or not the hardware itself has passthrough capability; I think it does (I suspect that UnixWare supports it) but I'm not 100% sure. > > On the other hand does any of you have info whether Compaq will support > > officially FreeBSD in the future? > > I don't know. They offer FreeBSD in their test drive program, though: It may be worth it calling them and asking anyway. If they hear from the customers that the customers want FreeBSD they would eventually add its support. I think this is approximately how they started supporting Linux. -SB To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message
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