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Article #3841Re: Backups! w tape?
From: aka campbell
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 1995 00:00
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 1995 00:00
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Alan McConnell (alan@clark.net) wrote:
: A friend recently told me I should "back up my system". I got him
: to first spell the word, then he explained the concept, and now I'm
: sold on the idea that this is something I should do<g>. So I'm
: looking for advice on tape drives and tapes; I want to know what
: works and what is cheap, also whether a tape-drive in a bay, or
: external, thru /dev/lp0, is better(that last clause is faulty, but
: since I'm using vi I'll let it go<g>)
: TIA, best wishes, Alan
: --
: Alan McConnell For some strange reason, the United States, although
: Pixel Analysis inhabited by mostly rich people, is a very poor country.
: (alan@clark.net) ===> Unless it can be abused, it's not freedom. <===
linux doesn't support parallel port drives yet (as far as i know)...and it
barely supports the other ones :) check /usr/doc/faq/howto/Hardware-HOWTO.gz
I have a conner 420MB and have yet got it (ftape) to work in linux (have
only been trying on and off for about two weeks though).
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