Date: Sat, 14 Aug 1999 12:36:10 -0700 (PDT) From: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com> To: Christopher Masto <chris@netmonger.net> Cc: Eric Lee Green <elgreen@iname.com>, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: IDE tape backup suggestions Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9908141235490.72786-100000@semuta.feral.com> In-Reply-To: <19990814115411.A7341@netmonger.net>
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> > > > > On Wed, 11 Aug 1999, Matthew Jacob wrote: > > > > > > Onstream are 30 GB plus. And there's an IDE version. > > > > > > > > > > Do Onstream devices work with FreeBSD? > > > > > > > > being worked on. me for scsi, sos for ide. > > > > > > Great! I knew that Linux drivers were forthcoming, but didn't know about the > > > FreeBSD efforts! > > > > > > It sounds like you have it well in hand, but if there's anything we can do for > > > you, feel free to drop me a line at eric@estinc.com and I'll forward it to > > > someone who actually knows something about tape drive hardware (grin) (I'm the > > > networking and systems guru here, tape drives are not my thing). > > > > > > > Testing assistance will be helpful. > > I have one of these (the IDE version) and have been volunteering to > help (testing and otherwise) for months and months, and have gotten > nothing but brushed off. I would advise anyone considering one of > these drives NOT to buy it in anticipation of a forthcoming > driver.. with comments like "OnStream has asked me not to release the > documents", I have serious doubts that we will ever see anything. > > Hopefully I'll be proven wrong. So do I. But thanks for offering to help and sorry if you've been what you consider 'brushed off'. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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