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From: nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu (Nate Williams)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs
Subject: Re: FreeBSD 1.0.2 SCSI tape driver
Date: 6 Feb 1994 22:45:45 GMT
Organization: Montana State University - Bozeman MT
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Message-ID: <2j3rup$ara@pdq.coe.montana.edu>
References: <1994Feb6.171358.1561@robkaos.gun.de>
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In article <1994Feb6.171358.1561@robkaos.gun.de>,
Robert Schien <robsch@robkaos.GUN.de> wrote:
>A 525 MB data cartridge written on FreeBSD 1.0.2 (the hardware is
>a Archive Viper 525 MB SCSI tape drive connected to an Adaptec 1542CF) 
>cannot be read unter other OSs like ESIX 4.0.4.1 on exactly the same
>machine !!
>DOS with ASPI has problems, too.
>The other way around is of no problem.
>QIC-120 works correctly.

man st.

(You need to select the density and blocksize for the device as it may
 not come up by default as the value you wish.)



Nate

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