> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Stephen Brown [mailto:sbrown@best.com]
> > 
> > I have a Conner minicartridge tape drive, recognized
> > on boot as a "Conner CTMS 3200 7.15".  It takes QIC3080
> > tapes and supposedly is capable of storing 2GB 
> > (uncompressed) on each tape.
> > 
> > NetBSD doesn't seem to be able to figure out the 
> > correct density, etc. at boot and simply lists the
> > tape drive as empty(when it really isn't).  I'm able
> > to "dump" to the tape drive if I use the "-B" flag
> > to tell it how much data the tapes hold.  Even so,
> > it seems to dump only about 400MB or less to tape
> > before it detects end-of-tape.
> > 
> > I'm guessing the drive doesn't entirely follow the
> > SCSI2 specs and needs some quirks added to our
> > quirk table.  Does anyone have any tips, hints, tricks,
> > or words of wisdom to impart to me before I tangle with
> > trying to get this drive to work like I think it should.
>
> Are those tapes 3080XL...?  I've a conner which uses 3080XL (something like
> that - XLF or XL??), stores 2GB, SCSI-2.  I've been using it on my
> Alphastation for daily backups for the past year or so.  I've never had a
> problem with that drive at all.  It worked on the internal NCR SCSI
> controller, as well as on the 2940 which I now use.
>
> I think the model was something like CTMSxxxx.  I'm not in front of the
> machine now, but I can grab the info tonight if you're interrested.
>
> -Jon Lindgren
>

Hi Jon,

Yes, it takes the QIC3080 wide tapes.  I'm not sure about the
"XLF" designation, but that sounds vaguely familiar.
Any information you have would be helpful.  Particularly, let
me know if it lists a density, etc. in the dmesg output.

Not sure if it matters, but I'm trying to use it on a Macintosh
Q610 running -current as of last week.


Thanks,
Steve B.
sbrown@best.com