Ok, since my last post I have managed to get the Iomega Ditto 2Gb to
work under linux using the latest? (ftape-4.x-1999_09_11) version of
ftape with SuSE 6.3 and kernel 2.2.14.
Yeah, its slow! I mean I didn't expect it to suddenly get better moving
from Windoze to linux its still the same drive and the same parallel
interface!
It doesn't seem to freeze the whole machine though, now I've moved it
from Doze to Linux! I can still carry on using my machine!! This rocks!!
Comparing it with my SCSI drive its kind of painful! but nevertheless a
useable bit of kit!
Do people generally find that if you use new(er) media the shoeshining
is kept to a minimum?
Thanks
Neil
"Neil C. Dean" wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I've only recently started trying to use ftape, since someone gave me a
> 2Gb Iomega Ditto paralell port drive. The Iomega ditto drive running
> under Windoze is *VERY* slow and I expect it to be the same under ftape,
> possibly a little better! I don't know how it compares on the floppy
> controller or whatever the ditto max's connect to?
>
> I also have a seagate hornet travan drive, it is the SCSI one but a
> friend has the IDE one and these retail for less than 200 UKP. the SCSI
> is nice and fast, a few hundred k a second!
>
> Neil
>
> Edward Mulholland wrote:
> >
> > I am running Debian using the 2.0.36 kernel on my home PC, and I'm looking
> > for an inexpensive tape drive. The Linux compatibility HOWTO as well as
> > the ftape home-page information at
> >
> > http://zeus.instmath.rwth-aachen.de/~heine/ftape/
> >
> > both state that the Iomega Ditto Max drives should work with the latest
> > version of ftape. However, I noticed that Iomega has sold the right to
> > manufacture Ditto Max drives to Tecmar. If I buy Tecmar's current 10GB
> > internal Ditto Max Pro drive--the specifications are at
> >
> > http://www.tecmar.com/ditto/products/dm10gb.html
> >
> > --will it work with my kernel and with ftape? I would greatly appreciate
> > advice from any ftape gurus or users of Ditto Max drives.
> >
> > Thanks!
> > -Ed Mulholland
