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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!metro!metro!asstdc.scgt.oz.au!nsw.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!vic.news.telstra.net!news.mira.net.au!inquo!in-news.erinet.com!izzy.net!aanews.merit.net!imci3!imci4!newsfeed.internetmci.com!iol!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.misc Subject: Re: 2 questions about bsd Date: 26 Apr 1996 10:00:33 +0100 Organization: Coverform Ltd. Lines: 22 Message-ID: <4lq3bh$g0@anorak.coverform.lan> References: <4lh19o$22m@alpha.comsource.net> X-NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Jim Jones (jrjones@alpha.comsource.net) wrote: : hello, : I am looking for a good 4mm dat tape to put on a bsdi box and I am : looking for some suggestions. I would like one that does some compression : so that I can get 8mb if possible on 120m tapes. : My second question, could some one point me to a FAQ that explains the : difference between bsd, bsdi, and netbsd etc. : jim jones : jrjones@comsource.net I've got an HP "ST-16000" 4mm DAT 8Gb external drive using 120m tapes. I've never had any problems with it, but I'm running FreeBSD rather than BSDi. You really shouldn't have any problems with DAT drives as long as they're SCSI (is there such a thing as non-SCSI DATs ?). -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....