Subject: Re: DLT's
To: Scott Reynolds <scottr@plexus.com>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 12/13/1996 18:48:19
On Fri, 13 Dec 1996 18:55:37 -0600 (CST)
Scott Reynolds <scottr@Plexus.COM> wrote:
> > The web pages state that the i386 ports supports most SCSI tape
> > drives. I hope this includes DLT's. Can anyone confirm what the
> > situation is ?
>
> I can't help you here.
DLTs _should_ work. I seem to recall hearing stories of using them
under NetBSD. "A SCSI tape is a SCSI tape." (Or, that's the theory,
anyhow :-)
> > Another realted question is the limitations of scsi controler support.
> > I seem to remember it said that the i386 port only supported one
> > SCSI interface at a time.
>
> That's not a limitation, in the general case, and and neither has it been
> in recent memory. (The only thing I'm aware of is a conflict between
> Adaptec and BusLogic controllers in GENERIC kernels, but that might even
> be resolved by now.)
I have personally used more than one SCSI controller in a NetBSD/i386
system. It works fine, and boy, was the striped disk fast :-)
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