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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!asstdc.scgt.oz.au!f400.n712!f515.n712!f401.n711!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Distribution: world X-Comment-To: mark@seeware.DIALix.oz.au From: Trev Roydhouse <Trev.Roydhouse@f401.n711.z3.fidonet.org> Date: Thu, 21 Dec 95 17:58:00 +1100 Subject: Re: ftape development Message-ID: <345212389@f401.n711.z3.ftn> Organization: Sentry -- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia X-FTN-AREA: COMP.UNIX.BSD.FREEBSD.MISC X-FTN-Tearline: QM v1.30 X-FTN-Origin: Sentry -- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (3:711/401.0) X-FTN-SEEN-BY: 711/401 501 712/400 515 X-FTN-PATH: 711/401 712/515 X-FTN-PATH: 712/400 Lines: 10 > I have been using a Conner 420 floppy tape drive for > some time and not had so much luck. I can get backups to > work usually but sometimes it just hangs and I have to do > a reboot to clear things out. Funny; I used the 2.0-R version with a Colorado 250mb Jumbo tape drive for severla months without any problems, although I'm much happier now with a 2gb DAT drive :-)