Re: Laptop tape backups

2003-06-22 Thread Mike Dresser
On Sun, 22 Jun 2003, Jeffrey L. Taylor wrote: > The early 30GB Onstream required special, proprietary drivers. The > later ones worked much better on Linux because the standard drivers > worked. I was using it under NT, and crashing the fileserver anytime i went to do a backup. > > > Also, be w

Re: Laptop tape backups

2003-06-22 Thread Jeffrey L. Taylor
Quoting Mike Dresser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: [snip] > Be wary of the Onstream units, at least the 30 gig unit, I had one years > ago, and Onstream was not interested in fixing the lockups. As well, > some google searching will show you just what people think of their > stuff. > The early 30GB Onstr

Re: Laptop tape backups

2003-06-22 Thread Mike Dresser
On Sat, 21 Jun 2003, Bill Wohler wrote: > Still looking for a Linux-compatible 30-80 GB tape drive that is most > likely going to be USB. > > Has anyone used the Seagate Travan TapeStor 40 (STT6401U2-R) or the > OnStream USB 30 or ADR2.60usb? I haven't heard anything Linux about > the former, but

Re: Laptop tape backups

2003-06-21 Thread Bill Wohler
Thomas Krennwallner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> What do you use to back up your laptop? > > I use a network backup solution: amanda. See http://www.amanda.org/ and > http://packages.debian.org/stable/utils/amanda-server.html for further > details. Amanda is great if you have lots and lots of m

Re: Laptop tape backups

2003-06-18 Thread Thomas Krennwallner
Hi! On Wed Jun 18, 2003 at 06:46:19AM +, Bill Wohler wrote: > I sold my PC with a SCSI card and Exabyte tape backup (14 GB). Now > that I have this laptop, I'm ready to start backing it up. > > What do you use to back up your laptop? I use a network backup solution: amanda. See http://www.am

Laptop tape backups

2003-06-18 Thread Bill Wohler
I sold my PC with a SCSI card and Exabyte tape backup (14 GB). Now that I have this laptop, I'm ready to start backing it up. What do you use to back up your laptop? One can stick PCMCIA cards, serial cables, USB 2.0 cables, network cables, and IBM UltraBay cartridges into my IBM ThinkPad T40p. O