From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Sep 25 22:09:17 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id WAA08306 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 25 Sep 1997 22:09:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from fly.HiWAAY.net (root@fly.HiWAAY.net [208.147.154.56]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id WAA08156 for ; Thu, 25 Sep 1997 22:06:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nospam.hiwaay.net (tnt2-179.HiWAAY.net [208.147.148.179]) by fly.HiWAAY.net (8.8.6/8.8.6) with ESMTP id XAA29102; Thu, 25 Sep 1997 23:49:06 -0500 (CDT) Received: from nospam.hiwaay.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nospam.hiwaay.net (8.8.7/8.8.4) with ESMTP id XAA00958; Thu, 25 Sep 1997 23:49:04 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <199709260449.XAA00958@nospam.hiwaay.net> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Jim Marker cc: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: dkelly@hiwaay.net Subject: Re: Any SCSI Tape Drive OK? In-reply-to: Message from Jim Marker of "Thu, 25 Sep 1997 21:36:35 BST." <342ACB4E.8422379D@ifx.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 25 Sep 1997 23:49:03 -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Jim Marker writes: > > I am considering buying a Seagate 4-8 Gig Tape Drive for my FreeBSD > system. Any opinions? It is very inexpensive ($409) compared to the > other 4-8 Gig Drives out there. Archive 4326 with a couple of letters following? I have 3 of 'em. Two on PowerMacs, the third is going in the space currently occupied by a useless 5-1/4" floppy drive in this system. Have about 20 other various Archive DAT drives at work on SGI and Solaris systems. Currently have a couple Archive 4350XT's on my work FreeBSD system. Am playing with tcopy. These are "only" 2G DAT drives. It is a DAT, right? Running a Real OS, you want Real HD's (SCSI) and Real Tape Drives (4mm DAT, 8mm, or the big QIC format, on SCSI). None of those cheapo junk PC products on floppy or ATAPI/IDE interfaces. As a point of curiosity, wondering where you're seeing that price, if its the drive I'm thinking about. Found my 3 drives at http://www.onsale.com during a rare moment when their auction prices were not bidding above an interesting price. About a month ago, $289 each, Seagate refurbs, with 1-year Seagate warranty. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system.