Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!news.cs.indiana.edu!news.nd.edu!cartan!ndmath!nstar!larry
From: larry@nstar.rn.com (Larry Snyder)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: SCSI tape under ISC 2.2?
Message-ID: <1990Nov29.202402.4322@nstar.rn.com>
Date: 29 Nov 90 20:24:02 GMT
References: <148@xyzoom.UUCP> <1990Nov26.131759.23783@virtech.uucp>
Distribution: na
Organization: Northern Star Communications, Ltd.
Lines: 19

cpcahil@virtech.uucp (Conor P. Cahill) writes:

>Yes.  Just plug the tape drive into the system, configure the HPDD and
>voila you have a tape drive.  You might have to create entries for the
>tape devices but this is well documented in the Maintenance Procedures 
>manual (section 7.1.7.2). 

>As a second note, I have used several tape drives that are not in the
>list with no problems (just configured them as a generic scsi tape 
>drive).

Have you noticed any differences in throughput when reading/writing
to the various tape drives?

-- 
       Larry Snyder, Northern Star Communications, Notre Dame, IN USA 
 {larry@nstar, {uunet|backbone}!nstar!larry, larry%nstar@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu}
                     backbone usenet newsfeeds available
         Public Access Unix Site (219) 289-0282 (5 high speed lines)