From owner-freebsd-questions Wed May 1 22:10:26 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id WAA16050 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 1 May 1996 22:10:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id WAA16040 for ; Wed, 1 May 1996 22:10:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id OAA28010; Thu, 2 May 1996 14:41:22 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199605020511.OAA28010@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: About QIC-3020 tape drive use with FreeBSD To: odhner@recom.com (Geoff Odhner) Date: Thu, 2 May 1996 14:41:22 +0930 (CST) Cc: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <31885440.7EE2@recom.com> from "Geoff Odhner" at May 1, 96 11:20:48 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Geoff Odhner stands accused of saying: > > I have installed FreeBSD 2.1.0, and I find that my tape drive is not > supported. It is a Ditto 3200, which uses the QIC-3020 format. It > appears to me, from looking at the source file, that determining its > geometry, and adding it to the array of geometry specifications, might > be sufficient to allow me to use this tape drive. Have you tried? > If not, can you perhaps give me a bit more information/explanation > about the struct used to hold this information, and exactly what needs > to go into it? If you tell me this and I am able to get it working, > I will, of course, give you the table entry that works. Do I sniff a volunteer willing to work on the floppytape code? Are you truly brave enough to shoulder the task? > -Geoff Odhner -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[