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> My experience with Colorado puts me in the "don't buy their stuff" camp. As bad as
>the Ditto experience I javd had is, my Colorado was worse. I used to be a Colorado
>booster, however, I could get no service or help from HP for my old Colorado tape
>drive. In fact they wanted to charge me for simple information. I scrapped it !! I am
>afriad the only tapes I will trust now are expensive ones. Whether they are any
>better is a mystery !!
>
> Does anyone make a fast, reliable, tape backup system that doesn't cost >$500 ??
OnStream DI-30. ATAPI/IDE interface, 1+MB per second (depending on
software compression, $299 list price, 15GB native per tape. Drivers
available at ftp://ftp.LinuxTapeCert.org/ide-tape-1.16e.tar.gz or from
the OnStream site (http://www.onstream.com/support/linux/index.html)
This does require at least 2.2.13 as a kernel. Be sure to read the
install info in the TechHelp section of http://www.LinuxTapeCert.org.
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Tim Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Vice President http://www.estinc.com/
Enhanced Software Technologies, Inc. (602) 470-1115
"The BRU Guys"