Re: DAT TAPE ?
" Raymond A. Ingles" <inglesra@frc.com> writes:
> On 17 Feb 1999, Pierfrancesco Caci wrote:
>
> > I have the opportunity to get a used DAT tape, a Digital DEC TLZ 06
> > it uses the standard Sony 4 mm audio tapes, 90 m lenght.
> >
> > Is it usable with Linux ? What software do I need apart the SCSI-tape
> > support in the kernel ?
>
> It should be usable, no problem. All the standard applications like
> "tar", "cpio", and "mt" should work fine. I've never used it, but a lot of
> people swear by "BRU", a commercial backup program, but it's not required
> by any means.
taper, kbackup (unstable), amanda are "all-in-one" free solutions. (I
guess this list is not complete).
HTH,
Jens
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