From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jan 8 00:48:17 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id AAA22915 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 8 Jan 1996 00:48:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from synthcom.com (beacon.synthcom.com [198.145.98.253]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id AAA22910 for ; Mon, 8 Jan 1996 00:48:13 -0800 (PST) Received: from sql.synthcom.com (old.synthcom.com [198.145.98.5]) by synthcom.com (8.6.9/8.6.9) with SMTP id AAA22504 for ; Mon, 8 Jan 1996 00:46:26 -0800 Date: Mon, 8 Jan 1996 00:45:42 +0000 () From: Neil Bradley X-Sender: root@sql.synthcom.com To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: System backup advice needed Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Now that I've spent a good deal of time hacking and customizing my FreeBSD box, I'd like to be able to do a least-hassle restore of everything in case things go straight to hell. What backup systems (other than SCSI) does FreeBSD support? What would you recommend that I use as a backup system (greater than 2GB is needed)? I saw that Conner has a 2MB tape system that connects to the IDE port. Has anyone written a driver to interface with this tape drive? If not, how hard would it be to do? I might be interested in writing a device driver for it. They're $400 brand new, and seem to be a pretty viable option. Experiences? I'd love to hear them! Thanks! -->Neil ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Synthcom System's homepage: http://www.synthcom.com/ Europa Upgrade, Synth patches (D-50, Xpander/Matrix 12), used gear pricelist