I recently tried an IBM 7206 005 DDS-2 drive.  During boot, it said:

Jul 21 08:23:00 dinah-moe /netbsd: mainbus0 (root)
Jul 21 08:23:00 dinah-moe /netbsd: obio0 at mainbus0
Jul 21 08:23:01 dinah-moe /netbsd: adb0 at obio0 (ADB event device)
Jul 21 08:23:01 dinah-moe /netbsd: asc0 at obio0: Apple Sound Chip
Jul 21 08:23:01 dinah-moe /netbsd: sbc0 at obio0: options=1<PDMA>
Jul 21 08:23:01 dinah-moe /netbsd: scsibus0 at sbc0: 8 targets
Jul 21 08:23:01 dinah-moe /netbsd: sd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <QUANTUM,
LP80S  980809404, 3.3> SCSI2 0/direct fixed
Jul 21 08:23:01 dinah-moe /netbsd: sd0: 80MB, 921 cyl, 4 head, 44 sec, 512
bytes/sect x 164139 sectors
Jul 21 08:23:01 dinah-moe /netbsd: sd1 at scsibus0 targ 1 lun 0: <MICROP,
1936-21MZ1010100, MN13> SCSI2 0/direct fixed
Jul 21 08:23:01 dinah-moe /netbsd: sd1: 2883MB, 2772 cyl, 21 head, 101
sec, 512 bytes/sect x 5906128 sectors

*************  This is where it tried to probe the tape drive**********

Jul 21 08:23:01 dinah-moe /netbsd: ncr5380_machine: unexpected disconnect.
Jul 21 08:23:02 dinah-moe /netbsd: ncr5380_machine: unexpected disconnect.


Jul 21 08:23:02 dinah-moe /netbsd: sd2 at scsibus0 targ 6 lun 0: <IOMEGA,
ZIP 100, F.09> SCSI2 0/direct removable
Jul 21 08:23:02 dinah-moe /netbsd: sd2: drive offline


this was NetBSD-1.3, using the sbc scsi driver on a MacIIci.

--Dan

On Fri, 31 Jul 1998, Steve Revilak wrote:

> I'm debating the purchase of a DDS-2 drive, looking at a model from APS.
> (Need a better backup solution).  It looks like this would be supported
> under NetBSD (supports most SCSI devices).  Am I going to be lucky enough
> to kill two birds with one stone?  Any 'problem' DDS mechanisms to be aware
> of?
> 
> Steve Revilak
> revilak@umbsky.cc.umb.edu
> 
>