Hi there,
Well OK, the long struggle is over, I will look at the Atapi tape streamer
??? never seen one of those yet. They have always been Floppy or SCSI.
I have installed a Quantum DLT 8000 at work, but that is SCSI 3 and 3500
quids in money. Since there is no SCSI interface that will work with the Q40
then it would have to be IDE.
What about IDE DVD-RAM devices....are they a supported Q40 Linux device.
Derek
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Zidlicky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2001 10:50 PM
Subject: Re: Q40/Q60 device drivers (was: Re: [ql-users] Derek Stewart BB)
> On Sun, Jun 24, 2001 at 11:45:19AM +0200, Thierry Godefroy wrote:
> > On Dimanche 24 Juin 2001 10:41, Derek Stewart wrote:
> >
> > >Hi Ian,
> >
> > Apparently, this message was not for the ql-users list, but it is indeed
> > a Good Thing (tm) that you sent it there !
> >
> > > Although I would like a tape streamer, but I am having trouble
writting the
> > > device driver for the floppy disk based cable streamer. I was hoping
to
> > > work out the FTAPE device driver from Linux, but things are not that
easy.
> > > There is not much information on the FLP_CONTROL thing.
> >
> > Derek, I am right now writing a device driver for CD-ROM drives on
Q40/Q60
> > (I think I can announce it "officially" now as things build up nicely
and
> > I will probably able to release something useful before I leave for
Indian
> > Ocean).
> >
> > I think it would be much easier to write an ATAPI streamer device
driver,
> > as it will not conflict with the SMSQ/E built-in drivers (floppy and ATA
> > hard disk).
>
> seconded, also the floppy streamer is a somewhat awkward device in my
> opinion and never tested on a Q40. We didn't test ATAPI streamers either
> but the chance they will work is very much better than floppy streamer.
>
> Last not least CD (re)writer is an alternative for some applications.
>
> Bye
> Richard
>
