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- From: mm@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Mike MacKenzie)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
- Subject: Re: What kind of tape is OK w/ 386BSD?
- Summary: Wangtek 5150ES doesn't stream
- Message-ID: <55595@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>
- Date: 30 Jul 92 20:14:37 GMT
- References: <28JUL199218203085@stars.gsfc.nasa.gov> <1992Jul29.161438.6372@mks.com>
- Organization: Purdue University
- Lines: 15
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- In article <1992Jul29.161438.6372@mks.com>, fredw@mks.com (Fred Walter) writes:
- > dc@cobi.gsfc.nasa.gov writes:
- > >Can someone point me toward a list of 386BSD compatible
- > >tape devices, so I'll know that what I'm buying will work?
- >
- > I don't know if there is a list, but if not, let's start one :
- >
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- I have a Wangtek 5150ES SCSI-36 tape drive and it works, but slowly.
- It took over 12 hours to back up ~80 meg. I've tried various buffer
- sizes with dd with no improvment.
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- Michael MacKenzie (Purdue University Unix Group)
- mm@mentor.cc.purdue.edu
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