Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 10:36:17 -0800 From: "Bharat Mediratta" <bharat@menalto.com> To: <Chris.Smith@raytheon.co.uk>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Workstation Backup Device advice Message-ID: <NDBBKDIKOLJOLALGCEBCIEBJCJAA.bharat@menalto.com> In-Reply-To: <00256890.004C7768.00@rslhub.raytheon.co.uk>
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Greetings. I have been wrestling with this problem for quite some time now with minimal success. I tried using the OnStream 30Gb SCSI (or IDE) drive, and I tried using a Sony SuperStation. Both of these are very affordable solutions but they don't work on FreeBSD due to lack of driver support! I finally decided to use a hard drive as my backup device. So now I am backing up my FreeBSD box to an NFS exported partition on my Win98 box, which has a 30Gb IDE drive. On my Win98 box I'm using WarNFSD (with TrayMinimizer so that I don't see it all the time) and on the FreeBSD box I'm using AMD for transparent NFS mounting and FlexBackup (which is smart enough to dump to files instead of tape). Good luck, -Bharat > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of > Chris.Smith@raytheon.co.uk > Sent: Friday, February 25, 2000 5:57 AM > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Q: Workstation Backup Device advice > > > > > Hi, > > Can anyone recommend the cheapest/most reliable backup device supported by > FreeBSD 3.4 (must be tape media), which will carry minimum of 4G a tape > (I'm not switching them over too much!). SCSI is a must! I'm not willing > to spend DAT drive money. > > Thanks > > Chris Smith > Raytheon Systems Limited UK > > Chris Smith > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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