From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 22 09:28:28 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A3C937B401 for ; Tue, 22 Jul 2003 09:28:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from tonnikala.nettikala.fi (tonnikala.nettikala.fi [212.182.218.250]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 488A543FB1 for ; Tue, 22 Jul 2003 09:28:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mailing-lists@johanpaul.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by tonnikala.nettikala.fi (Postfix) with ESMTP id 334C74200B5 for ; Tue, 22 Jul 2003 19:28:32 +0300 (EEST) Received: by tonnikala.nettikala.fi (Postfix, from userid 612) id 12C514200B6; Tue, 22 Jul 2003 19:28:32 +0300 (EEST) Received: from johanpaul.com (dyn-7.milkyway [10.0.42.7]) by tonnikala.nettikala.fi (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A2A04200B5 for ; Tue, 22 Jul 2003 19:28:31 +0300 (EEST) Message-ID: <3F1D6691.9020607@johanpaul.com> Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 19:30:09 +0300 From: Johan Paul User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <200307221220.h6MCKCIU022936@siralan.org> In-Reply-To: <200307221220.h6MCKCIU022936@siralan.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.9 required=7.0 tests=IN_REP_TO,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REFERENCES, SIGNATURE_SHORT_DENSE,SPAM_PHRASE_00_01,USER_AGENT, USER_AGENT_MOZILLA_UA,X_ACCEPT_LANG version=2.43-cvs X-Spam-Level: X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS snapshot-20020531 Subject: Re: DAT tape drive compatibility with FreeBSD? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 16:28:28 -0000 > I've never had problems getting a SCSI tape drive to work with FreeBSD; > however, I've never tried any of the proprietary software solutions. > > I use dump/restore with an ADIC VLS DLT changer (20/40GB drive) purchased > on eBay for $200. I have used an HP DAT changer, Archive DAT changer, > and Sony DAT drive in the past. Thanks, nice to hear! I was thinking of using afbackup which I have used under Linux. It seems like a very nice tool and if it works just as good in FreeBSD (why wouldn't it :)) it's my choise. I have never used dump/restore so I think I have to look into them as well. -- Johan