From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Dec 23 19:18:19 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA17694 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 23 Dec 1998 19:18:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dsinw.com (dsinw.com [207.149.40.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA17689 for ; Wed, 23 Dec 1998 19:18:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from hamellr@dsinw.com) Received: (from hamellr@localhost) by dsinw.com (8.8.8/8.7.3) id TAA26744; Wed, 23 Dec 1998 19:15:56 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 19:15:56 -0800 (PST) From: rick hamell To: Bill Hamilton cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SCSI Tape Drive Recommendations? In-Reply-To: <3681B047.4D5287A4@cmpu.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Related question: Is the Iomega Jaz supported under FreeBSD? > Wouldn't that be cheaper than most tape drives? > (Granted, you only have 2gb per cartidge and they are more costly that > tape.) Except for the fact the they're not much more reliable either. :( I personally have never even used one, but from what I understand they're as picky to setup as the Zip drives are. I think that for the money, another hard drive is still the best, most reliable way to go. Rick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message