>>>>> "Edward" == Edward Mulholland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Edward> The linux hardward compatability HOWTO at Edward> http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Hardware-HOWTO.html says the Edward> following about ATAPI tape drives: >> ATAPI tape drives For these an alpha driver (ide-tape.c) is >> available in the kernel. >> >> ATAPI tape drives supported are >> >> Seagate TapeStor 8000 Conner CTMA 4000 IDE ATAPI Streaming tape >> drive Edward> Does anyone know whether these are the only supported ATAPI Edward> tape drives, or just examples? I received another model of Edward> ATAPI tape drive (Sony SuperStation) as a gift and I want to Edward> be sure that it is totally useless before I return it. It is probably not TOTALLY useless .. but .. I had insuperable problems trying to use the driver with a HP/Colorado 5000 ATAPI drive. Gave up and shelled out $500 for a SCSI drive. -- Ian Zimmerman Lightbinders, Inc. 2325 3rd Street #324, San Francisco, California 94107
