From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 28 10:11:09 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8536016A4CE for ; Wed, 28 Jan 2004 10:11:09 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp03.mrf.mail.rcn.net (smtp03.mrf.mail.rcn.net [207.172.4.62]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F38B43D1F for ; Wed, 28 Jan 2004 10:11:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from roberthuff@rcn.com) Received: from 209-6-197-67.c3-0.smr-ubr1.sbo-smr.ma.cable.rcn.com ([209.6.197.67] helo=jerusalem.litteratus.org.litteratus.org) by smtp03.mrf.mail.rcn.net with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #4) id 1Alu9Q-00017D-00 for questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 28 Jan 2004 13:10:56 -0500 From: Robert Huff MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <16407.64276.565020.917998@jerusalem.litteratus.org> Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 13:10:28 -0500 To: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <2968.69.48.112.132.1075307356.squirrel@email.polands.org> References: <2481.69.48.112.132.1075303107.squirrel@email.polands.org> <20040128162159.GA44632@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> <2968.69.48.112.132.1075307356.squirrel@email.polands.org> X-Mailer: VM 7.14 under 21.5 (beta15) "celery" XEmacs Lucid Subject: Re: SCSI Tape drive problem X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 18:11:09 -0000 Matthew Seaman said: > particularly great longevity. Hmmm... 35480A -- goggle, google. > That's a DDS-DC (somewhere between DDS-1 and DDS-2) or 2--4Gb > capacity. Yup. It's pretty much worthless, even if it was in > fully working order. DDS[12] series DAT tape drives have a particular reputation for mechanical failure. > Bin it, Find a recycler, or someone who does computer repairs for charity. > .... and maybe buy a DVD+RW which will have a > greater capacity and cost a great deal less to run. While there is much to be said for DVD, not all tapes/drives are that fragile. I'm in my 3rd or 4th year with a DLT-IIIXL (15/30 gb). The label says "Compaq", the firmware says "DEC", and the thing is a _rock_ even though I don't treat it all that well. I have no experience with Exabyte, ALTs, LTOs, or other higher end products but I'm sure you can find people who have. Robert Huff