On Thu, 18 Jun 1998, Fred Whipple wrote:
Should work if it's SCSI II anyway. I've purchased (found) some pretty
strange SCSI tape drives I have running on Linux boxes and have yet to
need to tweek with one. So far, I've just plugged'em in (specing a free
SCSI device, which has been done by experiment with some) and they've
kicked off. You do, of course, have to have kernel SCSI tape
support and have the device file set up (I use the /dev/MAKEDEV script).
Never have tried the exact type of drive your talking about though.
Good luck.
> Hi all,
>
> We have need to use a tape backup scheme to backup a newly installed
> RH5.1 box, and I was approached with the possibility of using a Sun SCSI
> tape drive. Should this work under RH5.1? The hardware compatibility
> pages say that "almost any SCSI tape drive" or something like that (an
> excessively generic description, if you ask me) will work, but I wonder
> if I can get confirmation before trying this.
>
> Thanks a lot!
>
> -Fred
> --
>
> ===============================================================
> Fred Whipple Computing Services
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] Syracuse University
> http://web.syr.edu/~fwwhippl Macintosh Systems Support
> ===============================================================
>
> ------------------------------
>
\\ ~ ~ //
( @ @ )
===============-oOOo-(_)-oOOo-==================
Red Hat Linux! Where I really went today!
Please send personal replies to:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
=========================-Oooo.-================
.oooO ( )
( ) ) /
\ ( (_/
`'
--
PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES!
http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat-Tips /mailing-lists
To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with
"unsubscribe" as the Subject.
