From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Sep 10 22:05:27 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA08250 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 10 Sep 1998 22:05:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA08236 for ; Thu, 10 Sep 1998 22:05:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id OAA00724; Fri, 11 Sep 1998 14:32:03 +0930 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) id OAA00768; Fri, 11 Sep 1998 14:28:53 +0930 (CST) Message-ID: <19980911142853.M611@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 14:28:53 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: Allen Campbell , chad@dcfinc.com Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SCSI tape drives References: <199809100630.XAA08373@freebie.dcfinc.com> <35F885D9.6BBD25D7@verinet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <35F885D9.6BBD25D7@verinet.com>; from Allen Campbell on Thu, Sep 10, 1998 at 08:07:22PM -0600 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thursday, 10 September 1998 at 20:07:22 -0600, Allen Campbell wrote: > Chad R. Larson wrote: >> >> I've been using an HP DDS-2 4mm DAT drive quite successfully on a >> FreeBSD machine at my office. >> >> I was browsing the Insight web site for SCSI tape drives under $600 for >> use at home, and found the expected 8mm and 4mm tapes. >> >> However, I found that Segate, HP and a couple of others were selling >> Travan (TR-4) drives (4 GB native capacity in) SCSI versions for a couple >> of hundred bucks less than the 4mm DAT drives. >> >> Does anyone here have any experience with SCSI Travan drives under >> FreeBSD? If so, how are they working out? > > I bought the HP TR-4 about four months ago. The media is expensive, but > it lasts. I'd hope that 4 months isn't enough time to determine whether a medium lasts. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message