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Date:      Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:24:28 -0500
From:      Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com>
To:        Michael Anderson <michael.anderson@elego.de>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Sata Tape Drives
Message-ID:  <20100715222428.GD5485@dan.emsphone.com>
In-Reply-To: <20100715235033.pfusdz3400w840sk@mail.elego.de>
References:  <20100714222251.9yxdsf1foks8ks44@mail.elego.de> <20100715235033.pfusdz3400w840sk@mail.elego.de>

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In the last episode (Jul 15), Michael Anderson said:
> Or, more clearly: Are SATA tape drives supported? I see they are on some
> other BSD flavors, but I haven't found any mention in the FreeBSD hardware
> compatibility documents.

I see an "atapist" device in /sys/conf/NOTES:

device          atapist         # ATAPI tape drives

, which might work.  The "atapicam" or "ahci" device may also make sata
tapes show up as if they were scsi devices.  Try "ahci" first.

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ahci
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=atapicam


-- 
	Dan Nelson
	dnelson@allantgroup.com



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