[expert] parallel port tape backup for linux

2000-08-17 Thread Joanne Treurniet
Hi all, I am in desparate need of a tape backup device that uses the parallel port, so that it's portable and I don't have to put a SCSI adapter card into every machine I want to back up. I've read the HOWTO and I've been to www.lhd.com and www.linuxtapecert.com. They mention the HP Colorado

Re: [expert] parallel port tape backup for linux

2000-08-17 Thread Stew Benedict
Ouch!, 20GB through the parallel port? That sounds painful. I've done a Win95 install from a parallel Zip drive, and that was only 35MB, and that was the pits. (I know, I know - consorting with the devil) Unfortunatey, backups are the dirty little secret no-one talks about with these new huge