Subject: Re: SPARCstation 1 and Archive Viper 150
To: None <neil@domino.org>
From: David Gilbert <dgilbert@jaywon.pci.on.ca>
List: port-sparc
Date: 02/11/1996 15:38:28
>>>>> "neil" == neil <neil@domino.org> writes:
neil> On Fri Feb 9 18:38:27 1996
neil> formail.TCPBRIDGE.FS3.FAA1.STEVENG%smte@formail.formation.com
neil> wrote:
[about tape problems deleted]
neil> Forget it. I can't get a tape drive to work reliably on the
neil> sparc port. DAT dies miserably, an old Sun Viper dies, an
neil> Exabtye dies too.
neil> I can get the viper to work but it is very delicate and I'm not
neil> about to use it for reliable backups...
While relselect does not work for me (I believe it's due to
emulex drrrives), I have successfully got the stock 60 meg tape and a
newer 150meg Viper (similar to the origional writers) to work (albeit
slowly). I'm running a Sun4/260 --- which uses the si driver. Yours
might be different.
Dave.
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