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
