Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 19:21:32 +0100 From: Josef Karthauser <joe@pavilion.net> To: Chris Shenton <cshenton@uucom.com>, walton@nordicdms.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: chio Message-ID: <19980930192132.D11002@pavilion.net> In-Reply-To: <86g1d9ab83.fsf@samizdat.uucom.com>; from Chris Shenton on Wed, Sep 30, 1998 at 11:09:32AM -0400 References: <19980929114402.9912.qmail@modgud.nordicdms.com> <86g1d9ab83.fsf@samizdat.uucom.com>
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On Wed, Sep 30, 1998 at 11:09:32AM -0400, Chris Shenton wrote: > "Dave Walton" <walton@nordicdms.com> writes: > > > Has anyone actually used the /dev/ch device and chio utility? > > With what hardware? > > > > I was just looking at the Plextor MegaPlex 200-disk CD changer, > > and I'd hate to think I might be wandering into completely > > uncharted territory... > > I've used it with an Archive Python 4-tape DDS2 juke. Some of the > commands don't appear to work (like getting status), but it works > enough for my backup purposes. We've used it with a Quantum DLT-4700 7 tape machine and it works a dream. We use amanda as a tape backup system and it's great. Gotcha though... the ch device ioctl structure has changed with the CAM updates and Amanda's scsi-chio code now doesn't work. We're working on a fix for this as I write though. Joe -- Josef Karthauser Technical Manager FreeBSD: The power to serve (http://www.uk.freebsd.org) Pavilion Internet plc. [joe@pavilion.net, joe@uk.freebsd.org, joe@tao.org.uk] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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