Can't you buy IDE cards? Should be cheaper.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Shannon Roddy > Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 10:03 AM > To: Baton Rouge Linux Users Group > Subject: RE: [brluglist] Backup Tape Drive > > > Yep, they work great. But as he said he is out of IDE ports. My > suggestion would be either to install a scsi card and buy a scsi > onstream drive, or get a USB external hard drive. Then he could back up > all of the windows and linux 'puters to it. Linux 2.4 works GREAT with > USB storage stuff (including those little memory cards for cameras). > > Shannon > > On Wed, 2001-10-31 at 09:43, Dustin Puryear wrote: > > How much is this thing? Just so everyone knows, I bought an > OnStream 30GB > > for like $240 or something. Works great, and is very quiet. > > > > Regards, Dustin > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Behalf Of Chopin Cusachs > > > Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 8:21 AM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: Re: [brluglist] Backup Tape Drive > > > > > > > > > I've had better experiences with the little Ditto tape drive, > > > though it can't > > > go beyond 1 GB compressed. Parallel port is slow, but I don't mind a > > > three hour backup if it goes while I am in bed sleeping. I can > > > also use it > > > for the other computers around here, especially if I can make > it go under > > > Linux. Also have a parallel port 100 Mb ZIP drive, as well > as internal > > > ones in two boxes here. I like the Norton-Iomega recovery system. > > > > > > One major problem with Windows systems is that a really useful backup > > > must be able to run under DOS to restore a system when Windows can't > > > boot. > > > > > > Hadn't thought of getting two, but may do that. > > > > > > Maybe sometime when we are short a program we could get someone to > > > talk about rescue packages that boot from floppy, set up a RAM disk, > > > and run tools from that. SPBLinux comes to mind as a good example, > > > but the diskette produced by Windows98SE does so also. That's it, > > > OS on diskette for troubleshooting and recovery -- for title. > > > > > > Choppy > > > > > > At 07:31 AM 10/31/01 -0600, you wrote: > > > >Buy a cheap tape drive and that's what you'll get. Several > years ago I > > > >bought a Ditto 2Gig tape backup and that's was the biggest > piece of junk > > > >there ever was. I had to RMA it and get another and it was junk > > > too. After > > > >looking at mailing lists for that product I found out that a > lot of other > > > >people thought the same thing. I know I'll never buy another > > > Ditto product > > > >again. Guaranteed. Just my $0.02. Jeff > > > > > > > > > ================================================ > > > BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group > > > Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. > > > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change > > > your subscription information. > > > ================================================ > > > > > > > ================================================ > > BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group > > Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. > > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change > > your subscription information. > > ================================================ > -- > __________________________________________________________________ > Shannon Roddy California Institute of Technology > [EMAIL PROTECTED] LIGO Livingston Observatory > ph: (225)686-3106 19100 LIGO Lane > fx: (225)686-7189 Livingston, LA 70754 > > ================================================ > BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group > Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change > your subscription information. > ================================================ > ================================================ BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change your subscription information. ================================================
