From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 10 17:41:19 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D7F21106568B for ; Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:41:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr3.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr3.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.23]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E3D58FC15 for ; Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:41:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr3.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id nBAHekdQ046000; Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:40:47 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 7F044BAA1; Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:40:46 +0100 (CET) Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:40:46 +0100 From: Roland Smith To: Doug Sampson Message-ID: <20091210174046.GA386@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="2fHTh5uZTiUOsy+g" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HP USB 2.0 Tape Drive X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:41:19 -0000 --2fHTh5uZTiUOsy+g Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Dec 09, 2009 at 03:50:04PM -0800, Doug Sampson wrote: > Does anyone have had positive or negative experience using these USB-based > DAT tape drives? Specifically, I am looking at the HP (Hewlett-Packard) > StorageWorks Q1581SB DAT 160 Tape Drive. If there are other branded USB > 2.0-based tape drives (i.e. Quantum) that you've used with little or no > problems, I would be interested in knowing about these. Apparently the umass driver supports at least some models, they are reported as sa(4) devices; see http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2005-November/104550.h= tml=20 I don't know if the speed problems in abovementioned message still exist. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --2fHTh5uZTiUOsy+g Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.13 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkshMp4ACgkQEnfvsMMhpyVKcgCdEauH/S1C4uD/XCoFI9CMbnwF CS8An1DM73Kb2sGSWaZf9f3SZw4mBPJA =QXbC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --2fHTh5uZTiUOsy+g--