From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Apr 5 3: 7: 2 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mail2.telecom.sk (mail2.telecom.sk [213.81.152.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 68EE037B41F for ; Fri, 5 Apr 2002 03:06:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from srv.ba.sdxnet.com (telecom-213-145-163.telecom.sk [213.81.145.163]) by mail2.telecom.sk (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id NAA01240; Fri, 5 Apr 2002 13:05:44 +0200 (MEST) Received: from localhost (solidnet@localhost) by srv.ba.sdxnet.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g359wOl46422; Fri, 5 Apr 2002 11:59:19 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from sdxnet@ba.sdxnet.com) X-Authentication-Warning: srv.ba.sdxnet.com: solidnet owned process doing -bs Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2002 11:58:24 +0200 (CEST) From: SolidNet Ltd To: paul beard Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SCSI tape drive recommendations? In-Reply-To: <3CAA3639.2030401@mac.com> Message-ID: <20020405114421.K39839-100000@srv.ba.sdxnet.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hello, for me the following configuration works fine: ahc0: port 0xdc00-0xdcff mem 0xd9001000-0xd9001fff irq 11 at device 9.0 on pci0 aic7880: Ultra Wide Channel A, SCSI Id=7, 16/255 SCBs sa0 at ahc0 bus 0 target 4 lun 0 sa0: Removable Sequential Access SCSI-2 device sa0: 10.000MB/s transfers (10.000MHz, offset 8) The tape drive HP SureStore Tape 6000 (HP C1533A) I got in secondhand for 40$. This drive is working with 4Gb 120 meter DDS-2 cartridges (8Gb compressed) $10 each. You will also need a DDS cleaning cartridge. As of the SW, I am using flexbackup. Amanda is too complex for small networks. Have fun, Vladimir Botka On Tue, 2 Apr 2002, paul beard wrote: > I have a 4.5-RELEASE system and have just taken possession of an > AHA-2940 ultra scsi card: I think it's time I took a serious look > at backing stuff up. Someone gave me a tape drive that turned out > to be an floppy tape unit, unsupported under FreeBSD. So I'm > looking to do it right this time. Any either recommended units or > brands and formats? > > I don't have but a few Gb of stuff to back up, 10 at the outside > for now. The most any machine will take up is 2-3 Gb. Boxes I'd > like to have backed up range from Mac OS 9/X to FreeBSD and NetBSD. > -- > Paul Beard > 8040 27th Ave NE > Seattle WA 98115 > 206 529 8400 > > Every creature has within him the wild, uncontrollable urge to punt. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message