Hey Rick,
I'm a partner in a company that installs networks for small businesses, and
have had some
experiences w/ the syquest. As far as the internal ( both SCSI & ide ) ones
go, I would stay
away from them. They are pretty flimsy, and we have had to return several of
them.
Instead of a nice solid case around the drives, it seems as if they are covered
in thin aluminum
foil. They are also annoying in that sometimes the cartridge will unseat
itself, and even though it
looks as if the drive is in, it isn't. Although I've not used the parallel
port one under Linux, I will say
that they are built much tougher. I would sacrifice the speed and go w/ the
parallel port one.
But even w/ the problems, I think they are much better for the money than the
Jaz stuff
For my own uses, I have found that the cheapest, fastest, & most reliable way
to backup is w/
a nice extra internal HD. Just rig it up so that one of your IDE cables and a
power cord are
hanging out the back of your computer, and then plug in the drive, back up, &
put the drive into
a static bag. For the price of a syquest w/ several cartrages, you can have
two full sized drives,
and quickly back up your whole system. And by using dd ( or ghost --
www.ghostsoft.com --
if you use that other OS ) you can just image your HD so as to assure very
quick restorations.
Bill Van Devender
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