Archiving to Laptop Computer The recommended archiving system is the use of ftp to store data to a laptop's external drive, such as a firewire system, or to a laptop's internal drive. We find that this scheme allows large amounts of data to be stored relatively quickly and easily on surprisingly inexpensive media. At the same time using this scheme eliminates operating system or filesystem compatibility issues, mount/umount/export complications, and problems regarding device availability or compatibility. Instructions for using DHCP to connect to BNL's network on a number of operating systems are available on the NSLS web-site. Be sure to familiarize yourself with the use of DHCP on your OS before arriving at BNL. Don't forget to release your DHCP address manually BEFORE disconnecting from the network A web-based form must be filled out on-line from the computer being connected within 30 minutes after the initial connection to prevent the network port from being deactivated.
	FireWire and USB Due to increase demand from users we now most of our computers set up for FireWire and USB drives. We have one windows PC (X12C prep lab) with one firewire port and the rest are Linux PC's with two ports each. If your disk is formated FAT32 with no partitions, connect it to the FireWire port and type 'mount /##/1394_data1'. To unmount type 'umount /##/1394_data1'. ## is the computer you are using (x12c-a, java, dunkin etc.). Other formats can be mounted but required more help from us. Reformat Instructions
	Test drive the robot! You can now try out the new DVD Robot which will write out your datasets to as many DVDs as it takes with one simple command. Instructions may be found here.
	Other Options Users may archive data bringing tapes to use with our tape drives compatible with several 4mm and 8mm formats. Users may also ftp their data out or use our Anonymous FTP site.