John Hawley wrote: > > And do get a tape backup. DLT's the way to go .. I just found a 15G Quantum > on eBay for $400. The tapes hit the pocketbook, but off-site storeage really > should be considered! But are DLTs very safe when it comes to dust? Ryan said his area was pretty dusty, and I know that I've had all sorts of nasty things happen to my system because of dust. My family's house is pretty bad (not really sure why..), and I've lost a few power supplies and CD-ROMs to those wonderful little particles. It's also had a negative impact on the tapes, floppies, and Zip disks that I've owned. -- _ _ _ _ _ ___ _ _ _ ___ _ _ __ I was trying to daydream, / \/ \(_)| ' // ._\ / - \(_)/ ./| ' /(__ but my mind kept \_||_/|_||_|_\\___/ \_-_/|_|\__\|_|_\ __) wandering. [ Mike Hicks | http://umn.edu/~hick0088/ | mailto:hick0088 at tc.umn.edu ] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org