From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 19 15:22:34 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8134416A41F for ; Sat, 19 Nov 2005 15:22:34 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ababurko@adelphia.net) Received: from pobox.webstakez.com (pobox.webstakez.com [24.75.44.213]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B9EE943D45 for ; Sat, 19 Nov 2005 15:22:33 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ababurko@adelphia.net) Received: (qmail 95780 invoked by uid 1014); 19 Nov 2005 15:29:01 -0000 Received: from 24.52.230.44 by pobox.webstakez.com (envelope-from , uid 89) with qmail-scanner-1.24 (clamdscan: 0.83/761. spamassassin: 2.64. perlscan: 1.24. Clear:RC:0(24.52.230.44):SA:0(-1.0/4.0):. Processed in 2.344028 secs); 19 Nov 2005 15:29:01 -0000 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.0 required=4.0 X-Qmail-Scanner-Mail-From: ababurko@adelphia.net via pobox.webstakez.com X-Qmail-Scanner: 1.24 (Clear:RC:0(24.52.230.44):SA:0(-1.0/4.0):. Processed in 2.344028 secs) Received: from 24-52-230-44.kntnny.adelphia.net (HELO ?192.168.1.69?) (bob@phreakout.net@24.52.230.44) by pobox.webstakez.com with SMTP; 19 Nov 2005 15:28:57 -0000 Message-ID: <437F432F.9050600@adelphia.net> Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 10:22:23 -0500 From: Bob Ababurko User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (Macintosh/20050923) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: dds drive support? 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: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 15:22:34 -0000 I am trying to figure out whether or not I can run a Seagate dds-4 STD2401LW tape drive under freebsd...say 6.0. Or any version for that matter. I am really not sure how to go about trying to see if a piece of hardware unless it is a NIC or a SCSI/RAID/SATA controller that is explicitly listed in the hardware notes for each version will work. I am pretty sure that I am not suppose to assume that it will not work if it is not listed there..am I? Does this drive fall under the 'sa' (sequential access) driver that is loaded automatically? I am currently trying to find a tape drive to do db backups on, so I do not have the hardware yet to test this. So, I hope that there is a way to determine that this will work or not other than actually installing it. More information is located here about that drive: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=586496 If this drive does not work under FreeBSD, what are some drives that are supported? -Bob