On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 09:25:40PM +0200, Robert Waldner wrote: > >okay, so any suggestions for another backup software? taper from potato only > >supports tapes up to 4 gb :-( > > well, as I have only a DDS2-drive that´s not a problem for me ;-) > > but tar should be able to cope with larger tapes, although you may want > to keep every volume just below 2 GB, so you can safely copy it to disk > should the need arise (and it will, trust me). > > karsten m. self has a backup-script here: > http://kmself.home.netcom.com/Linux/FAQs/backups.html nice doku, and the script's fine as well > and I did some tweaking, the result of which can be found at: > http://gfrastsackl.org/scripts/ , to have it fit my needs. er, access forbidden. can you send me the script or change permissions please? > tar has some media-spanning - option, which you could use to keep the > backup-files below 2 GB. guess, i'll ether work my way through amanda or just use tar or cpio. thx martin -- GnuPG 1024D/3E8DCCC0 30DC 1D28 1D79 32F5 5E67 3ABB 28EE B35A 3E8D CCC0 work: factline Krisper Fabro Harnoncourt OEG (www.factline.com)
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