Tape drives

[Bill Campbell]

On Tue, Aug 26, 2003, Michael Hipp wrote:
>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.

The Linux USB documentation indicates that data storage may be
flakey.  FireWire has been in use on Apple for years, and IHMO a
much more stable than USB.

Bill
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