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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!vic.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.u.washington.edu!raindrop!unger From: unger@raindrop.seaslug.org (Thomas Unger) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Tape drive for backup. Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 21:35:29 GMT Organization: Wet Weather Consulting Lines: 18 Message-ID: <Doy3z5.K2o.0.raindrop.seaslug.org@raindrop.seaslug.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: cs105-9.u.washington.edu When I bought my Intel box to run freeBSD I was a little confused about tape drive support, so I put off buying a tape drive. Now the system is up, I'm using it, but it's not backed up. Each day I feel more and more insecure but I'm not any closer to knowing what tape drive to buy, and still a little fuzzy on what is supported (all SCSI? no floppy?) So I'm would sure appreciate some _recommendations_. Manufacturer and model, and cost and a place to buy it if possible. This is for use on a home system with a moderate amount of data (1G disk now, not more than 2G in the medium future). 800 Mb capacity is about right. Low cost more important than speed. And, of course, reliability most is important. Thanks, Tom Unger WWC