Re: backups using tar
On 10 Aug 2001 16:39:29 -0400, Bob Koss wrote:
>
> When this box was running RH, I would backup using my Onstream tape
> drive thusly:
>
> tar cvbf 64 /dev/ht0 /stuff /moreStuff
>
>
> With my recent Debian install, this no longer works, giving me a
> "device full" error.
>
> But, with the 2.2.19 kernel included with Debian, the Onstream driver
> is included in the kernel. Looking at dmesg, I see that the Onstream
> drive is recognized as hdc.
>
> Not being all that familiar with /dev, should I now be using /dev/hdc
> instead of /dev/ht0 ? If so, how would that work with rewind devices?
>
>
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You may need to install the ide-tape module if it's not in the kernel
you are running already. What does df and ls -al /dev/ht0 tell you? I
tried to replicate your problem briefly and since ht0 was not a device
on my system I just wrote to a normal file. You may have inadvertently
done the same. The MAKEDEV script in the dev directory can create the
devices for you.
--mike
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