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Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1998 16:09:30 -0800 (PST)
From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: Paul Roper <admin@pcpro.net.au>
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Subject: Re: IDE ATAPI Tape Drives
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On Wed, 4 Nov 1998, Paul Roper wrote:

> Dear Sirs
> 
> Can I use the one of the new IDE/ATAPI Travan tape drives from HP with
> freebsd ???
> 
> or Must I use SCSI drive?

If you're on 2.2.x, you must use a SCSI tape drive.

There is rudimentary support for ATAPI streamers in -CURRENT.

Doug White                               
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