🚀 go-pugleaf

Peter Dobbie (p@gco.apana.org.au) wrote:
: Hi, Harvey Norman have the above drive for $99.  I'm considering getting 
: one and wonder if it works ok with Linux.  

Yep, i have exactly that type of tape drive working fine under Linux.
I purchased it at Harvey Normal as well :-)

: Also, when backing up a partition too big for one tape, will tar prompt 
: for another tape or just stop?

It has a multi-volume option, but i have never used it.

: Another possibility is to get the Exabyte Eagle 96 (3.2 GB compressed)
: for around $370.  Anyone have experience with this?

My understanding is that parrallel port tape systems aren't supported 
(that could have changed sicne i last checked).  SCSI, EIDE, and floppy 
take units (like the DITTO) do.

Just one thing: I haven't been able to get ftape-2.08 to work as a 
kernel module (dma allocation fails 99% of the time).  ftape-2.03 worked 
fine.  ftape-2.08 works when compiled into the kernel.
Cheers,
	-Robert

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