Re: LTFS support for HP tape drive devices

[Colo Colo <colo%pobox.sk@localhost>]

> From: "Brett Lymn" <blymn%internode.on.net@localhost> To: "Colo Colo" <colo%pobox.sk@localhost> Date: 14.07.2022 00:21
  
 >It doesn't appear like LTFS is supported at all but if anyone is
 >motivated to do the implementation I can help out with testing I have 
 >LTO 2 and LTO 4 tape drives.
 
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 >Brett Lymn
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 There is LTFS package for NetBSD:
 https://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/current/pkgsrc/filesystems/ltfs/index.html
  
 You cannot test LTFS with LTO 2 or LTO 4 drives, because LTO 5 and higher is needed for LTFS (because the drive needs to support partitioning)
  
 As far a I know FreeBSD LTFS package supports IBM and Dell drives but not HP drives.
  
 I have managed LTFS to work with HP drives with Debian 10 and 11 Linux by applying patches from net and my own patches.
  
 But I am new to BSD, and the question is, if it is possible to combine LTFS for NetBSD & LTFS for FreeBSD & Linux source packages to make LTFS works with HP drives on NetBSD or FreeBSD