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From: lpeters@scratchy.hq.af.mil (Leslie D. Peters SrA)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: Backing up FreeBSD?
Date: 28 Feb 1994 16:19:58 GMT
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In article <whOWp7G00iM8M23Y0I@andrew.cmu.edu>, Timothy J Kniveton <tim+@CMU.EDU> writes:
|> kduling@solaris.carl.org (Kevin J. Duling) writes:
|> > Here's a scary thought.  Backups.  How does a neophyte FreeBSD'er backup
|> > 224 Megs of FreeBSD space?  Am I right that there isn't a QIC-80 driver?
|> 
|> try a QIC-150 (250M) tape backup.  you can buy them used for about
|> $150 - $200.  there is a driver.
|> 
|> i believe i've seen talk of a QIC-80 driver as well.  but since i
|> don't have a QIC-80 drive, i don't really know (or care).

Make sure to check the FAQ for your version of *BSD to ensure compatibility:
I tried out a wonderful Vandberg QIC-150 drive, only to find out it wasn't
*yet* supported. :(

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