Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 10:02:37 -0600 (MDT) From: "Jeremy D. Pavleck" <judge@Pavleck.Com> To: Peter Elsner <peter@servplex.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Driver for Onstream ADR2.60 IDE Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0308290959240.47198-100000@kashmir.thend.org> In-Reply-To: <5.2.0.9.2.20030829105349.011c4430@mail.servplex.com>
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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 <peter@servplex.com> > 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" >
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