I have an AMD K166 with a Matrox Millennium card running X, and
hosting a Ditto Max Pro + Dash card which runs at about 2000 k/min
quite reliably. I verify each backup and have no errors worth speaking
of. The device is theoretically capable of running at 4000 k/min but I
have never heard of anyone achieving this, even on a faster host
machine. Settings on the module load command line are used to restrict
the speed - ask if you want a copy of my configuration.
Many people report that the drive/card runs at or near 4000 k/min with
Windoze 9x/NT, yet struggles to reach half this under Linux. Perhaps
the Ftape authors could investigate if the driver is optimally setup
for this drive? If not I can see many people eventually migrating to
the new OnStream ATAPI drives.
Andy Corteen
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
On 15/10/99, 16:16:22, Wolfgang Weisselberg
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote regarding Re: Iomega ditto max pro:
> Hi!
> Trying to kill the keyboard, [EMAIL PROTECTED] produced:
> > Can any one confirm to me that the Iomega Ditto Max Pro will work
with
> > ftape.
> I have heard quite some peole on this list using it, but ...
> > I'm running Redhat 5.2 (2.0.37) on a Pentium 60.
> ... that processor is too slow (by several generations!) for
> the Ditto Max (Pro). That is a limitation of that tape drives
> hardware. IIRC you'd need at least 166 MHz for barely usable
> operation (no X, no nothing) and at least 266 Mhz to have X
> running while using the tape.
> You might be better of with an IDE or SCSI tape.
> -Wolfgang
> Disclaimer: All the above is from memory, if someone wants
> to correct me ...
