Well,
I can't comment specifically on Linux being a brand newbie myself, but
under NT IOmega will charge you additional (I think about $100) for the
NT driver for the Ditto(tm) tape drives. You also will not be able to
format the tapes, AND have to buy their tapes (preformatted of course).
On the other hand you may be able to find the drivers somewhere on the
net, and I did find a good deal on the tapes on www.ebay.com.
Based upon all that I would venture a guess that IOmega won't play well
on Linux.
HTH
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Joseph P. Merten | Good decisions come from experience.
Sea Land 704-571-2333 | Experience comes from bad decisions.
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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED][SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 1998 1:19 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Tape Backups for Linux (RH 5.0)
>
> To All:
>
> I'm getting ready to purchase a back up tape drive for my Linux / NT.
> They
> are having a big sale on the Iomega 2GB drives, will these work for my
> system
> configuration? I know they have software upgrades for the NT side,
> but can I
> expect to have a good, reliable drive for my Linux data as well?
> Anybody have
> any insights? Is anyone using an Iomega tape drive with their Linux?
>
> Many thanks in advance;
>
> C.A. Uncler
>
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