I have a Colorado 5GB parallel tape drive and it works fine under Linux. But
you have to make sure you have the PARIDE module. I think the newest kernels
have the PARIDE modules built in.
On Dec 3, 12:28am, Justin Scott Shriver wrote:
> Subject: Tape Backups
> Hi, I was wondering what experience people had with tape backups under
> Linux. Under windows it is simple, I would just get a Travatan (sp)
> format tape with a parallel port interface. Is there any chance of
> getting such a unit to work under Linux, or do I need a SCSI tape drive?
>
> Justin
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