Re: Question RE IDE Tape Drives

From: Mike Dresser (mdresser_l_at_windsormachine.com)
Date: 03/01/04

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To: Phillip Hofmeister <plhofmei@zionlth.org>

    On Sun, 29 Feb 2004, Phillip Hofmeister wrote:

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    > All,
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    > I am looking to install a Seagate Travan 10GB/20GB IDE Tape drive into a
    > Debian box.

    Your basic method listed in the rest of the email is the way to do it.

    Keep in mind this tape drive will self destruct in about a year or two of
    use. Sometimes silently.

    At least you're using a Seagate and not an HP, which will last 6-12 months
    if you're lucky.

    As for other IDE drives, I don't know of any offhand that are worth the
    time.

    SCSI DDS-3/4 tape drives are relatively cheap, especially when you
    consider media costs. You can get a SCSI controller for 75 dollars or so.

    Mike 

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