*- Jason Michaelson wrote about "Tape Drive Suggestions Under Debian" | I'm looking to purchase a new tape backup drive. I'm looking for | something fairly large (8-10GB or more), in addition to fast (i.e. | it can't be a floppy or a parallel port connected device). Of | course, it also needs to work under Debian. I can't afford to get a | SCSI drive, as I also have no SCSI controller. I was looking at | the Iomega 10GB Ditto Pro, but can't find anything that says it is | supported. |
Your choices are limited then without SCSI. Don't let the lack of a SCSI controller stop you from getting a SCSI tape drive. You see ANY SCSI tape device will be supported by Linux. Just make sure the controller is supported, http://sunsite.unc.edu/mdw/HOWTO/Hardware-HOWTO-8.html#ss8.1. SCSI tape drives only use the bandwidth of maybe SCSI-2, IIRC, and are fast. I purchased a Tekram DC390 SCSI-2 controller for about $45 when I purchased my Seagate 4G/8G Tapestore. If in the future you might want to connect faster SCSI devices to the controller you will have to go with a faster controller however. -- Brian --------------------------------------------------------------------- "Never critize anybody until you have walked a mile in their shoes, because by that time you will be a mile away and have their shoes." - unknown Mechanical Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] Purdue University http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis --------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
