Date: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 19:02:32 -0700 From: Eddie Fry <eddie@eaznet.com> To: isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Makemap Message-ID: <34909B37.16ACC35E@eaznet.com> References: <3.0.32.19971211123058.00971b00@acw-web.com> <34908211.227EA38F@denverweb.net>
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I would have to agree with Blaine. Get a drive you can rely on. If the price tag scares you, get a used one. I'm sure there are plenty available. All you have to do is ask! Eddie Blaine Minazzi wrote: > You hastely decided... > >> Look out Best Buy, I agettin' a tape drive! > > WAIT. > > I would reccomend that you get a DAT, 8mm, or other higher end scsi > drive. > > Ponder and ruminate on this. Everything is fine... You are backing up > your data on your "consumer end low level el cheapo tape drive bargain > de jour. " The stars come in to alignment, murphy gets a weekend pass, > and monday finds your hard drive has let the magic smoke out of the > little epoxy cages. You try to stuff all the magic smoke back in, but, > missing a few molecules, you end up replacing drive.... > > Now is _NOT_ a good time to find that your tape drive is no bargain, and > some of your bits and bytes are not really on that tape you have been > feeding into the machine. > > Decide now how many dollars that data is worth, and how long it would > take to rebuild manually. Then consider if a cheap tape drive is worth > the risk.... > > Most of these drives are kinda like a cheap motorcycle helmet. > Better than nothing, but on the way to the pavement, your REALLY wishin > you had bought a bell. > > Just my .02 > > ( After seeing too many customers make this mistake, and wanting to know > why I cant get the data off of the tape for them. ) > > Blaine -- Eddie Fry eddie@eaznet.com EAZNet Internet Services http://www.eaznet.com 220 West 7th Street (520) 348-0292 Safford, AZ 85546 EAZing you into the future... There is only one success -- to be able to spend your life in your own way. -Christopher Morley
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