Jobst Schmalenbach wrote: > I use a lot of tapes but never a USB, me neither... all the DAT and better tape drives I've ever seen have been SCSI (or FC at the high end). I wonder if that USB DAT72 actually has a USB-SCSI chip in it, then the drive is on the SCSI... no, this http://h18006.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/11883_div/11883_div.html says its native USB, huh. elsewhere onn their site, they say its compatible with RHEL 5.4 applications includinig native tar, cpio, and no driver is required. they do have firmware upgrades for the drives, and a diagnostic CD you can download. http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareIndex.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodNameId=501426&prodTypeId=12169&prodSeriesId=63890&swLang=13&taskId=135&swEnvOID=4006 <http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareIndex.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodNameId=501426&prodTypeId=12169&prodSeriesId=63890&swLang=13&taskId=135&swEnvOID=4006>