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author | Jordan K. Hubbard <jkh@FreeBSD.org> | 1998-10-16 00:29:37 +0000 |
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committer | Jordan K. Hubbard <jkh@FreeBSD.org> | 1998-10-16 00:29:37 +0000 |
commit | f867f1cd23e1caef920e4aea32d337a5a2bc24ad (patch) | |
tree | 62a1713cc9a49bc89c530776e7ddf89b40ad4594 /release/sysinstall/help/relnotes.hlp | |
parent | de336449f3f61e405839022f62ff15ae432f4a36 (diff) | |
download | src-f867f1cd23e1caef920e4aea32d337a5a2bc24ad.tar.gz src-f867f1cd23e1caef920e4aea32d337a5a2bc24ad.zip |
Add notes about SCSI tape support.
Submitted by: "Kenneth D. Merry" <ken@plutotech.com>
Notes
Notes:
svn path=/head/; revision=40424
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diff --git a/release/sysinstall/help/relnotes.hlp b/release/sysinstall/help/relnotes.hlp index b3c42fdf08e8..f8803cb9651f 100644 --- a/release/sysinstall/help/relnotes.hlp +++ b/release/sysinstall/help/relnotes.hlp @@ -449,6 +449,20 @@ The following CD-ROM type systems are supported at this time: (scd) Sony proprietary interface (all models) (wcd) ATAPI IDE interface +SCSI TAPE SUPPORT: + + The CAM SCSI tape driver doesn't yet handle older (and many times broken) + tape drives very well. If you've got an older SCSI-1 tape drive, like an + Exabyte 8200 or older QIC-type tape drive, it may not work properly with + the CAM tape driver. This is obviously a known problem, and we're + working on it. + + Newer tape drives that are mostly SCSI-2 compliant should work fine. + e.g., DAT (DDS-1, 2 and 3), DLT, and newer Exabyte 8mm drives should + work fine. + + If you want to find out if your particular tape drive is supported, the + best way to find out is to try it! The following drivers were supported under the old SCSI subsystem, but are NOT YET supported under the new CAM SCSI subsystem: |