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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!swrinde!howland.erols.net!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news3.near.net!nntp.neu.edu!hypnos!dave From: dave@hypnos.neu.edu (Dave Brady) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: 2 gig DAT drives Date: 14 Aug 1996 15:30:30 GMT Organization: Northeastern University, Boston, MA. 02115, USA Lines: 21 Message-ID: <4usrem$1dc@chaos.dac.neu.edu> References: <4umg1f$ftl@symiserver2.symantec.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: hypnos.acs.neu.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] > CSC (www.corpsys.com) is selling Archive 4mm 2GB SCSI DAT drives for > $300 with a part number of AD1. Has anyone purchased one of these and > used it with FreeBSD 2.1.5? I'm assuming their part number is some > ficticious number designed to conceal the real number, and I'd like to know > about anyone's experiences with Archive 2GB DAT drives. Even better, get the autoloading one, which comes with a four tape magazine, and you get up to 8 GB without changing magazines. (A 12 tape magazine is also available.) The drive is $495. I've been using one of with 2.1.0R and GNU tar, and haven't had any problems. Archive's reputation is quite good, from what I'm told. -- Dave Brady Administrative Computer Services Sr. UNIX System Administrator Northeastern University dave@acs.neu.edu Suite 448CP Phone: (617) 373-4156 360 Huntington Avenue FAX: (617) 373-4354 Boston, MA 02115