On Fri, May 14, 2004 at 09:25:26AM +1000, John Pitman wrote:
> Recently posted re a misconfigured DDS drive stopping a boot - wrong address
> setup. Got over that.
> Under neath this problem......Used 928 shipped to remote site in China. DDS
> drive lasts 6 months doing 5 backups a week, dies with a low level error
> (-44 IIRC). Get another refurb unit. Last about 10 days, simialr low level
> error. Get another refurb from supplier under warranty....lasts 2 backups,
> another low level error.
> Is there something else broken at another level here? Anybody seen similar
> things before please? It is a long way from any HP office, and it may have
> to come home to Oz to be sure of proper technical capability....

DDS-1/2 drives suck, especially now. I'd only trust new ones, and then only
for a short while. I've never had much luck with them, even when they were
current technology; it was 50/50 at best whether I'd be able to read a tape
I'd written on the same drive.

Throw it out the window and get an 8mm. You and your customer will be much
happier. Get a new int he box DDS-2 to read existing backups, but do all new
ones on the 8mm.

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