[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Can anybody give me any con's of the Seagate Tapestor 8G IDE tape drive? > I found a great deal on one and want to look out for any gotcha's. I > checked the Hardware compatibility list and it is on there but I > thought I would just check. The ide-tape.c driver says it is still > alpha. How stable/unstable is it? Can I count on it for reliable > backups?
I take it you mean the 4 gig / 8 gig (travan TR4)?Well...I bought a SCSI one for about $209 and I think it works great. I don't see why the IDE version wouldn't work...essentially it is the same drive so if the IDE portions of it work then...like I said...a great drive just a week or two ago I did a complete backup, repartitioned my drive (backup being tar cf /dev/st0 / /home -l ) and then booted off a floppy and restored (after repartitioning, reformatting) and it worked great. like I said tho....I dunno about IDE... the only thing about IDE is I kno wit doesn't recommend (manual was the same for both version BTW) putting it on the same IDE controller as the hard drive if you can afford it (remember I said I paid $209 for a SCSI version of the same drive at www.compuplus.com) I would go SCSI , but if you have a free IDE controller (I think it doesn't mind too much going on the same one as a CD ROM drive) then the IDE SHOULD work I was advised before I was even looking at tape drives "You can use any scsi drive and most IDE drives" -Steve > Thanks, > > Brian > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]