John,
-----Original Message-----
From: John Aldrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tuesday, 9 November 1999 21:40
Subject: Re: [expert] ORB Drive
>On Tue, 09 Nov 1999, you wrote:
>> >Anyone have any experience with an ORB drive. Had 2 Sparq drives that
>> >crashed and burned and damaged discs as well. I noticed on their web
>> >site that the same guy that ran Syquest before declaring bankruptcy or
>> >whatever is now running Castlewood, the company that makes the ORB.
>>
>>
>> I bought the IDE version to test out (I would normally use SCSI) - I have
a
>> client who could use about 5/6 on different Linux servers. At the moment
>> you can't use them as removable drives on Linux. I have started using
this
>> test drive on NT and backup across the network - it is still a bit flakey
I
>> think but at least seems to work on NT.
>>
>> I have finally got a response from Castlewood and the guy reckons they
will
>> have a Linux driver in the new year . . .
>>
>OnStream (www.onstream.com, IIRC) has Linux drivers for the
>IDE version(s) of their removeable media drives. SCSI
>drivers coming soon.
OnStream only produce tape drives - I hate tape drives . .
Phil.
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