Barry,
Please look at www.linuxtapecert.org. We have set up a complete test
environment and will be publishing the results on this site. Also, you
can read the program description and the press release.
Thanks for your offer, though.
Barry Hill wrote:
>
> Hi folks!
>
> Now, the following question has been asked hundreds of times here,
> but never to my knowledge been answered satisfactorily.
>
> "Which tape drives are supported under Linux."
>
> I want to buy a tape drive myself and partly out of my own interest,
> offer to compile and maintain a list of supported Tape drives which
> I can post regularly to this list and leave on a http server.
>
> SuSE (www.suse.de) maintains a "Component Database" which states
> whether a hardware component works with Linux, but almost all of the
> tape drives have "unknown" as an entry (some entries have a
> "probably works" flag set, but that`s no good to me if I want to be
> 100% sure).
>
> Feedback is welcome as to whether something like what I propose
> exists and what you lot think of it!
>
> I would suggest the participants on this list contact me with the
> following information on the drives which they are using (open to
> suggestions):
>
> - Tape drive Manufacturer
> - Model
> - Capacity (compressed and uncompressed)
> - Type (DAT / etc.)
> - Interface (SCSI / IDE / ParPort)
> - Supported: basic backup functions
> - Supported: advanced functions
> - required ftape version (useful? Bearing in mind that this is a FAQ.)
> - Still being manufactured (Yes/No)?
> - Any additional information needed to get it to work :-)
>
> The approx. cost (in US$) of the drive and also the cartridges would
> facilitate buyers decisions, or at least show what price category it
> is in. What do you think?
>
> I`m not an expert with these tape drives, so any feedback on the
> above is WELCOMED!
>
> Mail me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] (!! with TAPE in the subject to avoid my spam
> filer !!) or here in the mailing list!
>
> All the best,
>
> Barry Hill
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