Re: LTFS support for HP tape drive devices

[Brett Lymn <blymn%internode.on.net@localhost>]

On Fri, Jul 15, 2022 at 11:41:13PM +0200, Colo Colo wrote:
>  
> There is LTFS package for NetBSD:
> https://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/current/pkgsrc/filesystems/ltfs/index.html <https://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/current/pkgsrc/filesystems/ltfs/index.html>
>  

Ah, I didnt look at pkgsrc

> 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.
>  

Bummer.  I didnt get a 5 because they were too expensive and I couldnt read my 2 tapes on a
5 drive.

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