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From: Michael White <mdwhite@ucdavis.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Tape drive suggestions???
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 1996 16:52:04 -0700
Organization: University of California, Davis
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John Lucas wrote:
>
> In article <4ru18i$mll@mitzi.rsmas.miami.edu>, ivan@nauplius.rsmas.miami.edu (Ivan Lima) wrote:
> >I'm looking for a reliable, fast and affordable tape backup solution
> >for a FreeBSD box. Does anyone have any suggestions ? (The DAT and
> >EXABYTE drives I've seen are too expensive).
> >
>
> drive for that price. Be sure to take tape price and formatting time i
> nto consideration when figuring price (time is money and SCSI DAT tapes don't r
> drive for that price. Be sure to take tape price and formatting time into
> consideration when figuring price (time is money and SCSI DAT tapes don't
> require formatting).
>
> | John Lucas jlucas@uvi.edu |
> | Academic Computing NIC Handle: JL423 |
> | University of the Virgin Islands (809) 693-1216 |
> | St. Thomas, VI 00802 http://www.uvi.edu/jlucas.html |
I would stay away from tape drives that are chained in with your
floppies. I know people are having problems with QIC-80 drives.
I would stay away from drives that require ft (until it is working
better). My QIC-80 drive is useless so far.
--
- Mike
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