OnStream USB

OnStream USB

[Geoffrey Gallaway]

Hello,

I am considering getting an OnStream USB tape backup drive. I want the
USB version because I have about 4 machines all on different networks
that need to be backed up. Using USB would allow me to move the unit
from one machine to another without rebooting the machine.

I see that the SCSI version of the drive seems to be supported in linux
but I can only find tidbits of information that don't confirm or deny
this. Listed below are two sites that have some information which seem 
to confirm that the drive does indeed work, but I simply want to be 
sure.

http://www2.one-eyed-alien.net/~mdharm/linux-usb/
http://linux1.onstream.nl/test/

Thank you,
Geoff

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Geoffrey Gallaway || 
geoffeg@sloth.org || Clones are people two.
D e v o r z h u n ||

Re: OnStream USB

[Matthew Dharm]

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I'm the owner of that first URL.

The driver works for me.  Make sure you enable the "Freecom USB/ATAPI"
support under the USB Mass Storage option in the kernel configuration.

Note that this is only supported for 2.4.x series kernels.

Matt

On Tue, May 01, 2001 at 02:58:59PM -0400, Geoffrey Gallaway wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am considering getting an OnStream USB tape backup drive. I want the
> USB version because I have about 4 machines all on different networks
> that need to be backed up. Using USB would allow me to move the unit
> from one machine to another without rebooting the machine.
> 
> I see that the SCSI version of the drive seems to be supported in linux
> but I can only find tidbits of information that don't confirm or deny
> this. Listed below are two sites that have some information which seem 
> to confirm that the drive does indeed work, but I simply want to be 
> sure.
> 
> http://www2.one-eyed-alien.net/~mdharm/linux-usb/
> http://linux1.onstream.nl/test/
> 
> Thank you,
> Geoff
> 
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> D e v o r z h u n ||
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Re: OnStream USB

[Kurt Garloff]

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On Tue, May 01, 2001 at 02:58:59PM -0400, Geoffrey Gallaway wrote:
> I see that the SCSI version of the drive seems to be supported in linux
> but I can only find tidbits of information that don't confirm or deny
> this. Listed below are two sites that have some information which seem 
> to confirm that the drive does indeed work, but I simply want to be 
> sure.

The README on the webpage has been updated finally.
Compile usb-storage with Freecom support, load it and osst. 
Access the device via /dev/(n)osst0. Use a blocksize of 32k.
(pipe over buffer -s 32k or use tar -b 64, see README.)
Newer versions of osst overcome this block size limitation, but those 
have not yet been merged to the mainstream kernel.
If you find trouble, please also report to osst@linux1.onstream.nl.

Enjoy!
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Kurt Garloff  <garloff@suse.de>                          Eindhoven, NL
GPG key: See mail header, key servers         Linux kernel development
SuSE GmbH, Nuernberg, FRG                               SCSI, Security

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