Hi all,
I did not read your original message. I am using an internal
Ditto 2G for approx. 2 years now.
> >how did you get your internal Ditto 2G to work ? i threw my old
> >unreliabe parallel port Colorado to junk and got Ditto which is
> >connected directly to fdc and i haven't been able to make in work at all
> >! i downloaded latest ftape stuff 4.x, date 25.4.99 and new tools but
> >still no luck. i'm using redhat with kernel 2.0.36... i've got some
> >messages about that ftape is unable to change the transfer rate or
> >something. i read that ditto needs 1000k-2000k of transfer speed but
> >linux says my fdc transfers 500k. according to my knoledge my
> >motherboard (txproii, supports 2.88M floppies) is able to do atleast
> >1000k which should be enough !
First I had lot's of trouble with the internal fdc of my Pentium
board (Triton chipset). After buying an additional accelerator
board (ditto dash) problems went away.
Keep in mind, Ditto 2G needs definitely at least data at 1000
Kbps. If your fdc (or ftape) isn't capable of feeding data at
this speed your tape drive won't work!
I am using kernel 2.0.36 with ftape 4.03. I am doing regular
backups with arkeia on my ditto 2G and they run fine. Overall
speed is between 12 and 13 MByte/min.
> ...
Martin
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