Hello...

On Wed, 14 Jan 1998, Paul Apprich wrote:

> Use the one that comes with the small card if it is SCSI. there is a 
> greater chance of its being supported. It would be viewed by the OS as a 
> drmovable hard drive, something like /dev/sdxx

I think it is some proprietary card, but I'll ask.

> > d) Which alternatives may I try? I need to backup a 8GB-harddisk. The
> > Ditto is supposed to provide storage for 3,5-7,0GB.

> Have you considered using 4+ GB magneto-optical disk storage?

Not yet. The last informations I had about those drives were, that they
cost quite some money. I think the same applies for other tape drives,
esp. DAT-drives as Jukka Marin suggested. At least it seems to boil down
to "use SCSI if possible. It's worth the cost." Thx.

Bye, Bjoern

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