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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.eng.convex.com!newshost.convex.com!news.onramp.net!news.reference.com!cnn.nas.nasa.gov!ames!enews.sgi.com!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!picard.chickasaw.com!picard.chickasaw.com!smcmahon From: Shawn McMahon <smcmahon@chickasaw.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: BSDI Compatible Tape drives Date: Mon, 5 Aug 1996 09:53:49 -0500 Organization: Chickasaw Nation Net Lines: 34 Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.960805095119.17110D-100000@picard.chickasaw.com> References: <31FF7C22.72A6@sloan.org> <Pine.BSI.3.94.960802085343.3663D-100000@picard.chickasaw.com> <1996Aug2.162256.1@spcvxb.spc.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: picard.chickasaw.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII To: "Terry Kennedy, Operations Mgr." <terry@spcvxb.spc.edu> In-Reply-To: <1996Aug2.162256.1@spcvxb.spc.edu> On Fri, 2 Aug 1996, Terry Kennedy, Operations Mgr. wrote: > About the only problem you might have is that if the drive is jumpered to > do DDS instead of DDS-DC, you may not be able to select modes using the > various /dev/[n]rst[#] devices. > > You should consult the manual you got with the drive and look for switch > or jumper settings to enable compression. If they don't describe any, but > the drive claims to be DDS-DC capable, then keep asking the drive vendor > until they provide the information you need to operate the drive. The jumpers are set properly. However, BSDI reports during boot "SCSI-1 (no density support)". The vendor says they don't support BSDI, period. > If they tell you it requires a SCSI command to enable it, have them mail/ > FAX you the page, and you can then use the "scsicmd" utility to send the > needed command. They won't tell me anything but "contact BSDI". > By the way, a SCSI device that isn't SCSI-2 conformant is *reall* old - > did you buy this new from an authorized distributor, or used/"refurbished" > from some place like CSC? Brand spanking new from Ingram Micro. And it's manual says all through it that it's SCSI-2. Shawn McMahon | Smokesignals Computer Company Senior System Operator | Southern Oklahoma's Internet Service Provider Chickasaw Nation Net | 405 332-0033 http://www.chickasaw.com