On Sat, Aug 01, 1998 at 05:02:59AM +0200, Johann Spies wrote: > I have come to the conclusion that I cannot get reliable backups using > ftape and my Iomega Ditto 2Gb tape drive. While trying out the latest > beta version of ftape, two of my tapes (one - 3.7 gig - was bought the day > before) were rendered unusable. I am getting a CRC error in the header of > the tape. Now not even NT or Dos software can use those tapes. That is > too expensive for me to try it out again. > > Now I have a few questions: > > 1. Do commercial backup programs for Linux use ther own drivers or do they > rely on ftape?
Most use ftape; I assume they all do. BRU2000 for example. I recommend subscribing to the linux-tape list to discuss this; write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text "subscribe linux-tape". Claus, ftape's maintainer, is very helpful and the Ditto drives are well known. I have a couple of Ditto 3200s which work fine but the 2Gb seems to be quite different. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Debian packages at ftp://ftp.rising.com.au/pub/hamish. PGP#EFA6B9D5 CCs of replies from mailing lists are welcome. http://hamish.home.ml.org -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
