On Thursday 14 November 2002 13:05 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Thu, 14 Nov 2002 12:14:13 -0500 (EST) Net Llama! > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > On Thu, 14 Nov 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > wrote: > > > I didn't mean that- I'm sure I can figure out > > > > pluggin a card into the PCI slot > > > > > and adding drives. It's more I don't know > > > > what controllers are good, etc. > > > > Adaptec makes good SCSI controllers. Symbios > > are not bad either. Not > > sure about any of the others. > > Will check. Is the Adaptec 29160N good? I found it for $134, which > seems reasonable. >
the 29160 is good but its waaaay overkill for just a tape drive. A tape drive wouldn't even make it breath hard. What you probably want is the Adaptec 2906 for about $50 new. > > I don't know anything about Seagate tape drives > > (they might be good, they > > might be bad). SONY are pretty good. > > Maybe the SDT-9000? It seems to have 12G/24G, which should be plenty > big enough, and costs $359 at componentsdirect.com > I have a Sony 5000 (DDS2) and a Sony 9000. Never had a lick of problems over the past 6 years or so. > > > Should I trust the Bootit NG partition table > > > > readout? I find it kind of odd > > > > > that Bootit has a partition table for the > > > > drive, as does WindeXP, but Linux > > > > > doesn't. > > Why don't you download the Acronis demo and see what it sees (even if it won't fix it for free)? > > Right now, you've got nothing, so you don't > > have much of a choice but to > > trust this 'bootit NG' thing (i have no clue > > what that is). Take your > > chances, roll the dice, and hope for the best. > > OK, I created the partitions according to Bootit NG's information. I > was able to mount normally from my rescue CD, and everything was > there. However, when I booted normally (i.e. from the hard disk), the > partition was no longer there, and I had to reenter everything into > fdisk again, and there again was my data. What's next? > > thanks > > Bob Raymond > > P.S. Bootit NG is sort of a ParitionMagic/BootMagic type program > that's a lot more powerful, about half the price, and a hell of a lot > more reliable. I've lost countless partitions (Winders luckily) to > Partition Magic over the years, but Bootit continues to amaze me. > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> > http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users -- +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ + Bruce S. Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bellaire, MI 11/14/02 13:31 + +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Jana's Law of Love: "A dandelion from a lover means more than an orchid from a friend" _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
