Hi

We're looking at the possibility of using a scsi tape drive connected to a
NetBSD box to store long-term data and then accessing this data from a
windows box at a later date.

So, firstly, how simple is it to either write data on the fly, or write data
from HD, to a scsi tape drive in NetBSD?
Secondly, how can this data be accessed under windows? Does windows see the
tape drive as another drive on the system? Or do you have to copy everything
off the tape to the HD before accessing it?
Also, if we were to access the data stored on a tape from a BSD box, would
we have to copy the whole lot to HD first? Or can we access it from the tape
directly?

Thanks
-Daniel