The drive pulls the tape in and around it's own spindle, so the tape is never exposed when the cartridge is unloaded. It's always inside either the tape cartridge or the drive. You should keep your tapes in some sort of storage unit anyways...leaving them out is just asking for trouble. Adam Maloney Systems Administrator Sihope Communications On Tue, 18 Jul 2000, Mike Hicks wrote: > 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 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org