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Date:      Tue, 22 Feb 2000 23:33:05 -0800
From:      Josef Grosch <jgrosch@mooseriver.com>
To:        Frank A <jr.fpa@home.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: DLT tape drive support
Message-ID:  <20000222233305.A3905@mooseriver.com>
In-Reply-To: <4.1.20000223020043.009f18f0@mail>; from jr.fpa@home.com on Wed, Feb 23, 2000 at 02:06:35AM -0500
References:  <4.1.20000223020043.009f18f0@mail>

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On Wed, Feb 23, 2000 at 02:06:35AM -0500, Frank A wrote:
> Hello ALL:
> 
> I Was wondering if FreeBSD 3.3 supported the Quantum DLT tape drives, Both
> the 4000 and 7000 series.  I looked at the hardware compatibility list and
> it does not show there.  Seems like it has not been updated for a while. 
> 
> Does 3.3 support DLT tapr drives? if so which ones?  Any help on this would
> be greatly appreciated.  I have a lot of data to back up, and the DLT tapes
> allow me to backup with one tape instead of haveing a multiple tape backup
> with other backup drivs and media.

If the tape drive is SCSI then FreeBSD supports it. At work we use DLT tape
drives, both Sun and HP, with FreeBSD and amanda to do our backups. They
work flawlessly. 


Josef

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