ftape?

Post #104,449 by pwhysall 6/2/03 7:22:21 AM Reply	ftape? What kind of tape drive are we talking about? This is not an error report, this is a whine. Distro? Script(1) output? Compilation steps? And, as always with Free Software, repeat after me: File a bug Fix it or Fuck off Peter [link\|http://www.debian.org\|Shill For Hire] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Blog]
Post #104,479 by deSitter 6/2/03 9:24:08 AM Reply	Re: ftape? Iomega Ditto Max. Yes, it's a piece of shit, but it works enough to make an archival copy and I can restore from a diskette. Needs ftape 4.x - current kernel is 3.x. This should be a matter of typing "make", but 1) there are a lot of shitty C programmers who are too damn lazy to do ANSI C and who abuse the preprocessor 2) there are a lot of shitty C programmers who have had years to build a decent C/C++ combined environment and have failed. There should be a 1-shot option to make gcc 3.x behave exactly like 2.x (by calling 2.x if necessary). -drl
Post #104,482 by pwhysall 6/2/03 9:32:19 AM Reply	Re: ftape? Actually, I'd be hopping mad, too, if that were my backup hardware :-) I have a deep and abiding hatred of all non-SCSI tape devices, with a special place in my heart for the twisted individual who dreamt up the Travan system. Peter [link\|http://www.debian.org\|Shill For Hire] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Blog]
Post #104,488 by deSitter 6/2/03 9:44:23 AM Reply	Re: ftape? Yes, it is a POS among POSes - but it was free, and it DOES work - ever so slowly. The only value of the thing is to make a 6-monthly snapshot of my work system. -drl
Post #105,249 by rickmoen 6/7/03 3:25:19 PM Reply	Re: ftape? Ross wrote: Yes, it is a POS among POSes - but it was free, and it DOES work - ever so slowly. To paraphrase JWZ, [link\|http://linuxmafia.com/~rick/linux-info/tape-backup\|Travan drives] are free if your sanity has no value. Rick Moen rick@linuxmafia.com If you lived here, you'd be $HOME already.

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