Date: Wed, 10 Dec 1997 16:52:11 -0800 (PST) From: Rudy Gireyev <rgireyev@yahoo.com> To: Robert Ricci <rricci@theonlynet.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Floppy Tape Drives Message-ID: <19971211005211.15338.rocketmail@send1a.yahoomail.com>
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I hope this is appropriate. Not long ago I contacted the -hackers mailing list to see if FreeBSD supports LS120 floppy drives. They will hold 120Meg of data and are backward compatible with a standard 1.44 disks. The reply I got is that there is a fairly solid, although beta, driver available for it. I've seen the internal variety of these things for as low as $50 after the rebate. If this is remotely appropriate and you want more info let me know. Rudy ---Robert Ricci <rricci@theonlynet.com> wrote: > > I'm looking to get a tape drive to do backups, but I don't have the cash > to buy a SCSI drive (I'd need to buy a controller, too.) I've already > filled up my IDE controllers, so I guess all that's left is to get a > floppy tape. From reading the mailing list archives, I can see that the > support for floppy tapes is less than perfect. What success has anyone > had with these drives? The two I was looking at are the Colorado T3000 > and the Seagate Hornet Travan. They use Travan-3 or QIC Wide tapes. Of > course, I'm open to suggestions if anyone knows of another drive that > works well (and, hopefully, is cheap!) Has there been any advance in > floppy tape support in recent releases? I'm currently using 2.2.1, but > will happily upgrade if the support is better. > > Robert Ricci > rricci@theonlynet.com > _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
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