Re: backups using tar
hi ya bob
if the device is full... you have too much data....
- remove all the junk files...
- core, /tmp, /var/log/ files you dont want
- use 2 tapes instead for the various "stuff"
- compress it instead
tar zcvbf 64 /dev/ht0 /stuff /moreStuff
- note the "z"
- to read the compressed tape... tar ztvfbf /dev/ht0
c ya
alvin
http://www.Linux-Backup.net
On 10 Aug 2001, 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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