On Tue, May 14, 2002 at 12:26:40PM +0100, Robert Davies wrote:
>
> I attached a Sun DDS-2 drive, they were known as the 'Archive Python', where
> Archive were name of manufacturer. I don't know about those numbers
> 370-2176, not the kind of thing I keep on top of head.
>
> If it's same drive (standard Sun DDS drive 5GB compressed), then I have tried
> using one with Linux 2.2. I could get system to talk to it, but even using
> the 126 512 byte blocking factor I could not obtain reasonable performance,
> and gave up on directly attaching the device, choosing to backup over net
> instead.
It's not that one, but I know the one you mean. The one you're thinking
about was really a 4mm DAT drive with no standards link at all (kinda
hence the 5GB). This drive is a 4/8GB DDS2 4mm. How much it has in
common with any standards is the problem.
I think I'll get an HP 1533A: at least I'm certain that they will
work. And I can get it rather cheaper too...
Many thanks for the background info.
Matthew
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