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From: Darryl Okahata <darrylo@sr.hp.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: whats a good external SCSI tape?
Date: 23 Oct 1996 09:51:55 -0700
Organization: Hewlett Packard Sonoma County
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nsayer@quack.kfu.com (Nick Sayer) writes:
> I have seen the HP DATs work just fine under FreeBSD. HP has a habit of
> claiming there are "magic" switches that they don't document ("if you're
> using a Sun, set it like this", etc), which is a habit I despise
> (because invariably minority OSes like 4.4BSD are left off the list and
> because it presumes a lack of intelligence on the part of the user), but
> the drive seems to work with the default settings.
[ Note: while I work for HP, I have nothing to do with HP DAT drives,
except as a user. ]
From the SCSI FAQ:
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QUESTION: How do I configure my HP DDS DAT tape drive?
ANSWER From: Alan Strassberg (alan@lmsc.lockheed.com)
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The HP DDS Configuration Guide (postscript) can be found:
http://www.impediment.com/hp/hp_2.ps
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