Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 7 Jun 1999 11:35:36 -0700 (PDT) | From | Matthew Jacob <> | Subject | Re: OnStream SCSI tape drives |
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The problem is that it's a 32k data record with a 512 byte aux record that defines what's in the 32k data record. Plus a lot of other goop. I'm fooling around with doing the FreeBSD support- and it's gonna be a bit of work (basically you have to do all the low level work in the driver).
On Mon, 7 Jun 1999, Jurgen Botz wrote:
> The st driver barfs on OnStream SCSI tape drives... > > st0: Error with sense data: extra data not valid Current error > st09:00: sense key Illegal Request > Additional sense indicates Invalid command operation code > > Is anyone working on fixing this? OnStream's web site > (www.onstream.com) has some hints that they're supporting linux > driver development, but no details. > > I think OnStream's product is a really great technology, btw. Speed > and capacity are as good or better than DDS3, AIT, and DLT but the > drives are a fraction of the price of those other technologies. And > if OnStream's claims are true the reliability should be comparable > only to DLT. > > Now I need to be able to use this puppy to back up my Linux box... > > - Jürgen > > > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >
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