Frequently Asked Questions for FreeBSD 2.X
: Hardware compatibility
: What types of tape drives are supported?
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3.13. What types of tape drives are supported?
FreeBSD supports SCSI, QIC-36 (with a QIC-02 interface) and
QIC-40/80 (Floppy based) tape drives. This includes 8-mm (aka Exabyte)
and DAT drives. The QIC-40/80 drives are known to be slow.
Some of the early 8-mm drives are not quite compatible with SCSI-2,
and may not work well with FreeBSD.
Frequently Asked Questions for FreeBSD 2.X
: Hardware compatibility
: What types of tape drives are supported?
Previous: How do I use the mouse/trackball/touchpad on my laptop?
Next: Does FreeBSD support tape changers?