I've been using an HP DAT drive with Mandrake 7.2 and 8.1 for quite awhile and am very happy with it. Hardware compression can be enabled with a switch on the drive; this is probably the easiest way to do it. Far better than software compression! \\/ http://www.wlindley.com p.s., Anyone need some spare parts - drives, bezels, external case/power supplies?