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From: Peter Schwenk <pschwenk@wcupa.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Compatible Removeable SCSI Drives
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 1996 19:25:11 -0500
Organization: West Chester University
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I have a small FreeBSD machine running INN that I want to be able to backup
periodically.  I would like to use either optical or magnetic removeable 
disk cartridge drives, and I was wondering if any were compatible.  I looked
at the FAQ, and it made no specific mention of cartridge drives, so I
figured I'd ask the experts.  I'm leaning toward disk cartridges because of
the speed.  I want an external SCSI cartridge drive so that we can plug it
into other computers when it isn't being used on the FreeBSD machine.  I'm
going to need to backup up to 4GB, so I'd like to use the new MO drives
that are good for 4.6GB uncompressed.

In general, I'm looking for examples of what other people use for backups
on their FreeBSD machines.  Please email me or post responses if you deem them
fit for general consumption.

TIA.

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- Peter Schwenk, Academic Computing, West Chester University of Pennsylvania
- pschwenk@wcupa.edu