From owner-freebsd-scsi Tue Jul 6 20:18:15 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Received: from panzer.kdm.org (panzer.kdm.org [216.160.178.169]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C0AB914D5A for ; Tue, 6 Jul 1999 20:18:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ken@panzer.kdm.org) Received: (from ken@localhost) by panzer.kdm.org (8.9.3/8.9.1) id VAA88180; Tue, 6 Jul 1999 21:17:27 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from ken) Message-Id: <199907070317.VAA88180@panzer.kdm.org> Subject: Re: AIT/DLT Tape Compatibility In-Reply-To: from "Chris D. Faulhaber" at "Jul 6, 1999 09:24:03 pm" To: jedgar@fxp.org (Chris D. Faulhaber) Date: Tue, 6 Jul 1999 21:17:27 -0600 (MDT) Cc: chris@thedial.com (Christopher Taylor), freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG From: "Kenneth D. Merry" X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL54 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Chris D. Faulhaber wrote... > On Tue, 6 Jul 1999, Christopher Taylor wrote: > > > I need a high capacity tape backup solution for FreeBSD. In the past, I > > have used DAT with no problems, but now I need something quite a bit > > bigger and more reliable. Does FreeBSD support AIT or DLT devices? Would > > these be considered "SCSI" as stated in the FreeBSD FAQ? > > > > Yes, AIT and DLT drives are considered SCSI if they use a standard SCSI > interface. As for specific drives, personally I have been using a Sony > SDX-300C (AIT) drive under FreeBSD since pre-3.0. I can also confirm that the SDX-300C works just fine under FreeBSD. It can even hold more than 50G on a single tape. :) Ken -- Kenneth Merry ken@plutotech.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message