Date: 11 Sep 1998 03:03:31 +0200 From: dag-erli@ifi.uio.no (Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?Q?Co=EFdan?= =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?= ) To: Andy Farkas <andyf@speednet.com.au> Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SCSI tape drives Message-ID: <xzpsohze9zw.fsf@hrotti.ifi.uio.no> In-Reply-To: Andy Farkas's message of "Fri, 11 Sep 1998 00:25:17 %2B1000" References: <199809101359.GAA23021@deal1.bogs.org> <35F7E14C.8242BF56@speednet.com.au>
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Andy Farkas <andyf@speednet.com.au> writes: > User GregGreg Shenaut wrote: > > : Does anyone here have any experience with SCSI Travan drives under > > : FreeBSD? If so, how are they working out? > Whether or not it was my fault, I left a AU$50 tape in one of these > drives for a couple of days, and when I went to do a backup, I was > informed by the software (amanda) that the tape was unusable. When I > pulled the tape out of the drive and looked at the surface of the tape, > it had creases on it from where the tape-head was resting on the tape! Hmm... My Travan streamer gets *very* hot (though not hot enough to scold), and even when idle, it's noticeably hotter than some of my hard disks, so I never leave tapes in it. DES -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - dag-erli@ifi.uio.no To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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