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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!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.ysu.edu!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!netnews.nwnet.net!news.u.washington.edu!news.alt.net!news1.alt.net!news.serv.net!not-for-mail From: zeno@serv.net (Sean T. Lamont) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Tape Backup Options Date: 22 May 1996 12:40:45 -0700 Organization: ServNet Internet Services, Seattle, WA Lines: 18 Message-ID: <4nvqjt$9ap@itchy.serv.net> References: <4n5l94$rqq@csugrad.cs.vt.edu> <4nppqk$941@access1.digex.net> <4nrh6p$irf@itchy.serv.net> <4ntneb$oka@access1.digex.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: itchy.serv.net In article <4ntneb$oka@access1.digex.net>, R. D. Davis <rdd@access1.digex.net> wrote: >In article <4nrh6p$irf@itchy.serv.net>, Sean T. Lamont <zeno@serv.net> wrote: >>Personally, I've never had a 4mm fail. (DEC tlz04) > >It's still relatively new. Give it time to fail. :-) :-) :-) > Ironically, my 4mm just failed, not 24 hours after I posted the message. :P However, it only fails on write ; it reads old backup tapes fine, so at least I'm not making useless backups. -- Sean T. Lamont, President / CEO, Abstract Software (ServNet) - Internet access * WWW hosting * TCP/IP * UNIX * NEXTSTEP * WWW Development - email: lamont@abstractsoft.com WWW: http://www.serv.net "...There's no moral, it's just a lot of stuff that happens". - H. Simpson