From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 29 09:02:40 2003 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 A66BD16A4BF for ; Fri, 29 Aug 2003 09:02:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from kashmir.thend.org (kashmir.thend.org [63.162.108.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C0AA43FF5 for ; Fri, 29 Aug 2003 09:02:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from judge@Pavleck.Com) Received: from localhost (judge@localhost) by kashmir.thend.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA47510; Fri, 29 Aug 2003 10:02:37 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from judge@Pavleck.Com) Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 10:02:37 -0600 (MDT) From: "Jeremy D. Pavleck" X-Sender: judge@kashmir.thend.org To: Peter Elsner In-Reply-To: <5.2.0.9.2.20030829105349.011c4430@mail.servplex.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: pbako@2alpha.com cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Driver for Onstream ADR2.60 IDE 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: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 16:02:40 -0000 While we're on the subject - is there any good backup devices in the 60Gb range for FreeBSD that have a similar cost as the OnStream drive (what was it again, 300$? something like that?)? IIRC, my big beef with the OnStream drive (besides the weird format the driver used and slowness backing up/restoring) was the low quality and low lifespan of the tapes. I can pay around $500-$700 for a backup device, I've just never used a tape device that wasn't a quad-head 400+ tape capacity IBM drive so I'm not sure as to what would be good for general home backup use of around 60GB a week or so. TIA ****************** Jeremy D. Pavleck jeremy@pavleck.com On Fri, 29 Aug 2003, Peter Elsner wrote: > Short answer: No > > Long answer: No, because OnStream isn't using a standard ATAPI driver for > their IDE drives. > > The make use of accessing the drive using very special commands in their > proprietary backup > software. Without the software the drive won't work. I have already > contacted On Stream about > this many times, (my boss insisted I get it working with FreeBSD), and to > no avail, they will not > help me unless I'm running Windows. > > Peter Elsner > > > At 05:42 PM 8/28/2003 -0700, you wrote: > >I have an Onstream ADR2.60 IDE backup drive that I would like to start using > >with my FreeBSD 4.8 system. At startup I get a message via dmesg that there > >is no driver for this device..... 'kay. An hour of searching Google yielded > >me no closer to a driver, so here I am.... > > > >Can I use this drive with my system or do I have to bag it? > > > >Peter > > > >_______________________________________________ > >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > Peter Elsner > Vice President Of Customer Service (And System Administrator) > 1835 S. Carrier Parkway > Grand Prairie, Texas 75051 > (972) 263-2080 - Voice > (972) 263-2082 - Fax > (972) 489-4838 - Cell Phone > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >