I've had a lot of problems with a Ditto Easy 3200 internal/Ditto Dash and
taper. However, using tob, the results have been quite good with 3.04d
(4.02 seemed to be less successful for me).
I get some overrun errors and a lot of repositionings, but it does seem to
work pretty well.
Bob
On Fri, 26 Feb 1999, shane wrote:
> At 12:13 PM 2/26/99 -0500, Jean-Michel Lacroix wrote:
> >Hello,
> >
> >I have a Iomega Ditto Easy 3200 internal tape drive. I have the unit
> >installed for about a year now. I am using kernle 2.0.30 and Ftpae 3.04d
> >with taper 6.8.2 (I think it is 6.8.2). I also have a Ditto Dash card.
> >The computer is an Intel 486-66 with 16 mb RAM.
> >
> >The drive works... most of the time! But it gives my some error when
> >writting to it. I do not have the log with me at this, but I can provide
> >them if necessary. I do not want to go into any details, but sometimes the
> >drive is "shoeshinning" ad nauseam, and does not do anything.
> >
> >I am looking at the mail in the linux-ftape since a while, and I saw that a
> >lot of people have problems with the Ditto Max. I did not see any memtion
> >about the Ditto Easy 3200.
> >
> >So I have two questions:
> >
> >1- Does anybody know if there is any problem to use the Ditto Easy, and do
> >I have to upgrade to Ftape 4.02, or Kernel 2.2.x.
> >
> >2- I saw a HP Colorado T3000 for a good price, and I am thinking of
> >switching my drive if there are problems withbthe Ditto Easy 3200. So,
> >does the HP Colorado T3000 is a drive that we can use? I did not see any
> >mention of it in the Ftape-HOWTO Version 3.0.
>
> I too have a ditto easy 3200. The general consensus that I've seen is that
> you need a fast CPU'd machine to bettter to fully use the ditto (ie P166,
> P200, etc).
>
> Now, the machine that the my ditto was in is a P200 (I've tried it w/
> RH4.1, 5.1,5.2 but haven't tried the new 2.2x kernel) It's still never
> worked "quite right". At the time I bought it (when they first came out) I
> thought the device was a great deal. However, because I've always had
> problems with it, and could never *fully* count on it, I finally broke down
> and bought a scsi tape drive a week and a half ago. Now I don't worry, I
> don't have hassles, I just have quick clean backups.
>
> > (BTW: it does mention too
> >much about the Ditto Easy 3200, just the Ditto 3200, and I do not know if
> >it is the same thing as a Ditto Easy 3200).
>
> I've been told they're the same, and I've been told they are different.
> Never got a straight answer on that one... :(
>
> Shane
>
>
>
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