Re: Tape Drive With Linux.

On Tue, Apr 30, 2002 at 10:21:59PM +0100, Matthew Stanfield wrote:
> Mike Dresser wrote:
> > Fdisk?  Ftape?  You can write to it just like a file.  So you could use
> > amanda, tar, taper, cpio, dd, insert_utility_here.  Just tell it to write
> > to /dev/st0, or if you want non-rewinding, /dev/nst0.  You don't need to
> > format or partition the tape.
> 
> I mean, of course, 'ftape' not the 'DOS' disk partitioning utility 'fdisk'.
> When doing a 'full' system backup would you just create one large tar file
> writing it directly to /dev/st0? I haven't quite got to grips with the
> Linux/Unix way of doing things yet.

ftape is for floppy-tape drives, i.e., those cheap things that attach
to the floppy controller. ugh. I've got 2 of 'em here if anyone wants
'em.


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