Tape drives

[Michael Hipp]

Kurt Wall wrote:
> I like this idea. Has the Linux support for FireWire become mature
> enough that using an external FireWire drive as a backup is viable?
> I'm supposing so, or you wouldn't have suggested it, but this is my
> day to ask obvious questions.

Don't know about Firewire, but USB 2.0 works great. Seems to me USB 2.0 
is becoming much more of a commodity and I can't tell that Firewire has 
any advantage over it. I use it for backups regularly with a "pocket" 
hard drive.

Michael