From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jul 30 10:58:25 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id KAA22403 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 30 Jul 1996 10:58:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from jmb@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id KAA22395; Tue, 30 Jul 1996 10:58:23 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" Message-Id: <199607301758.KAA22395@freefall.freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Backups, suggestions? To: jeffrey_m._metcalf@ccmail.bms.com (Jeffrey M. Metcalf) Date: Tue, 30 Jul 1996 10:58:23 -0700 (PDT) Cc: questions@freebsd.org, metcalf@imagine.com In-Reply-To: <9606308387.AA838758273@ccgate1.bms.com> from "Jeffrey M. Metcalf" at Jul 30, 96 01:11:04 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Jeffrey M. Metcalf wrote: > > Hello, > > From reading the installation manual for my FreeBSD 2.1 CDROM, > I see that through the ft? Kernel option and ft manual page > that there is some support for floppy tape backups for FreeBSD. > I have tried a Colorado T1000 Travan backup with no luck. I have > also been advised through this forum before, that floppy backups are > hopeless and that I should settle for nothing less than SCSI. > However, the cheapest SCSI based tape drive that Dirt Cheap Drives, try www.corpsys.com. Archive 1300MB QIC @ $119. should be scsi even though the add says floppy tape, i got one at home. tapes are more expensive ~$25-30 they also have dat drives: Archive DDS-1 2GB DAT drive > say, has in stock is $999 for a 2GB HP drive. I simply cannot > afford this, so I must persue another route. I need an inexpensive > yet reasonably convenient means of backing up data on the order of > at least 500MB in size. This method would need to be supported in > both FreeBSD and Windows 95 for it to be worth my investment. > > Are there any floppy tape drives that are reported to work with > FreeBSD? How about removable cartridge drives? there is a new floppy tape drvier in testing freefall.freebsd.org:/pub/incoming/lft.tar.gz.uu feel free to test it out ;) jmb -- Jonathan M. Bresler FreeBSD Postmaster jmb@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD--4.4BSD Unix for PC clones, source included. http://www.freebsd.org/ PGP 2.6.2 Fingerprint: 31 57 41 56 06 C1 40 13 C5 1C E3 E5 DC 62 0E FB