Date: Thu, 23 Dec 1999 18:40:28 -0800 (PST) From: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com> To: "Christopher S. Weimann" <cweimann@wallnet.com> Cc: Freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Quantum DLT tape library compatibility Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9912231839070.37782-100000@semuta.feral.com> In-Reply-To: <19991223211538.A21605@wallnet.com>
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> On Thu, Dec 23, 1999 at 05:59:24PM -0800, Matthew Jacob wrote: > > > > Ick! Stackers are bad! > > > > What makes you say that? Aw, it's just a violation of a principle of least surprise that the (possibly unwitting) ejection of one tape automatically loads the next one. > > > The DLT changer electronics/mechanics are pretty straightforward and are > > unlikely to be affected one way or the other. You may have a task finding > > the right version of amanda that can cope, but that'll be fine. > > The reason I addressed this question to the FreeBSD list is because the > Amanda site specifically says that for changers it is dependent on the > tools in the underlying OS. Well, the amanda package that is appropriate for 2.2.X should give a hint as to what it expects. > > > Whether or > > not the old st driver copes with the DLT4000, who knows... probably. > > > > The drive apparently works for Greg. > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------ > Christopher Weimann SysAdmin 400 Higgins Ave > Wall Internet LLC. Brielle NJ, 08730 > Serving almost all of New Jersey 732-223-1777 > ------------------------------------------------------------ > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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