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From: pletcher@nextnet.csus.edu (dale pletcher)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: DAT-DDS2 tape drives
Date: 21 Oct 1994 05:39:50 GMT
Organization: California State University Sacramento
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I just ordered a DAT-DDSII drive from APS (HyperDAT) which I'm
hoping to use on my NetBSD 0.9 machine.  I just borrowed another
DDSII drive from a friend and tried to use it but I got error
messages like:
% cat /dev/st0
st0: block wrong state (worm) block 2048
cat: /dev/st0 Input/output error

Are DAT-DDSII drives supported in NetBSD or FreeBSD, or is
support on the way?  (Please say yes, please say yes...)
Thanks,
David Pletcher
dpletche@dave386.risc.rockwell.com