Date: Sat, 13 Apr 1996 16:21:21 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: dpflag@ix.netcom.com (Daniel P. Pflager) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org, dpflag@ix.netcom.com Subject: Re: Colorado QFA 500 Message-ID: <199604132321.QAA05914@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <316F8CD9.1D7F@ix.netcom.com> from "Daniel P. Pflager" at Apr 13, 96 12:15:37 pm
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> I guess I've answered my own question. The QFA 500 > appears to work with the wt0 driver just fine. > > 1) Should I let the doc project know? Heavens no! They would just document it, and then we wouldn't be able to answer "does the QFA 500 work?" questions with things like "yes, use the wt0 driver -- it works just fine". 8-) 8-). > 2) Is there a test suite which I could run to ensure > it is "really" compatible. (I've just been using > tar with it). Maybe step through all of the MT commands. I haven't seen a tape driver validation suite outside of a lab at NCR before AT&T bought them. > 3) How can I make /dev/rwt0 the default tape device > (for tar, mt, etc?). Point me to the doc... Recompile it. The default is /dev/rst0 (see the man page). This should probably be install-time configurable... anyone? Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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