I have a HP T4000s SCSI Travan that is new and doesn't work at all with Linux.
If the IDE does, grab one, but I'd watch out for the SCSI ones.
Dave Wreski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On 16-May-98 steven standley wrote:
> > Heh gang...
> >
> > I am looking to purchase a tape drive for backup on my home system.
> > I have a scsi2 and scsi3UW interface available.
> >
> > What I need is recommendations from the list on tape drives
> > that you have purchased and have had little or no problems with.
> > Ease of installation is a plus. In other words I don't want to have to
> > patch kernels and such just to get the thing to work.
>
> Yes, I have a SCSI controller as well, but the DAT drives are just too expensive
> for home use. Sometimes you can get a 32G autoloader from www.corpsys.com for
> about $375, and they are _really_ nice drives.
>
> I'd spend the $250 and get one of those TR-4 IDE Travan drives. I now have one,
> and its quite fast, and basically amounts to plugging it in a free IDE spot.
> There's no Linux setup necessary.
>
> If you do get a Travan drive, get the IDE version, as the floppy-version isn't
> nearly as fast, and requires some setup on Linux.
>
> Dave
>
>
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