tape back up

[wmng@berlioz.nsc.com (William Ng)]

Hello,

I just got a TP755CX with 24MB ram and 810MB HD. I am planning to repartition the HD
and install Linux on it in a different partition, so I need to back up all the data
first. I want to buy a tape back up which will eventually work on all DOS/OS2/Windows
as well as Linux environment. Anyone have any recommendation on what to buy?

If I am not mistaken, Linux does not support tape drive on parallel port, so the low
cost parallel port tape back up is out of the question. I know I can get tape back up
running on floppy controller, but I am not exactly sure how am I go to make it work
with a notebook even though the floppy drive is removeable. So the the last option is
through the PCMCIA SCSI adaptor with a SCSI tape drive. Can anyone tell me if I am 
right or wrong? If I am to go for a PCMCIA solution, any recommendation of the 
adaptors and tape drives?

Thanks in advance.

-William Ng