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package: kdat
version 2.0.1
operating system: (stable) 2.6.18-5-amd64
I have a Travan 10/20 Gb tape, which is accessible using mt. However, KDat cannot open the device. I have given kdat the device name as ht0 under "settings". "mt -f /dev/ht0 tell" reports that the unit has a 512 byte block size, but kdat settings will only accept 2 digits.
dmesg |grep ht0
ide-tape: hdd <-> ht0: Seagate STT20000A rev 8A51
ide-tape: hdd <-> ht0: 1000KBps, 6*54kB buffer, 9720kB pipeline, 108ms tDSC, DMA
william@geeves:~$ which kdat
/usr/bin/kdat
william@geeves:~$ dpkg --search /usr/bin/kdat
kdat: /usr/bin/kdat
william@geeves:~$ dpkg --list kdat
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Description
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ii kdat 3.5.5-4 a KDE tape backup tool
william@geeves:~$ dpkg --status kdat
Package: kdat
Status: install ok installed
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Installed-Size: 876
Maintainer: Debian Qt/KDE Maintainers <debian-qt-kde@lists.debian.org>
Architecture: amd64
Source: kdeadmin
Version: 4:3.5.5-4
Depends: kdelibs4c2a (>= 4:3.5.5-1), libc6 (>= 2.3.5-1), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1-12), libqt3-mt (>= 3:3.3.7), libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1-12)
Suggests: khelpcenter
Description: a KDE tape backup tool
KDat is a tar-based tape archiver. It is designed to work with multiple
archives on a single tape.
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Main features are:
* Simple graphical interface to local filesystem and tape contents.
* Multiple archives on the same physical tape.
* Complete index of archives and files is stored on local hard disk.
* Selective restore of files from an archive.
* Backup profiles for frequently used backups.
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This package is part of KDE, as a component of the KDE administration module.
See the 'kde' and 'kdeadmin' packages for more information.
william@geeves:~$
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