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!
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http://www.wlindley.com
p.s., Anyone need some spare parts - drives, bezels, external case/power
supplies?