* Martin F Krafft (madduck@madduck.net) [010830 19:50]: > hi guys, > i have a machine with an IDE tape drive, 20Gb in size or so. my kernel > has the ide-tape.o module, and /dev/ht0 exists. the logs are fine, in > short... i think the tape drive just might work. > > however, i have no clue how to use it. could someone give me a primer? > i looked online but couldn't find a nice linux & tapes primer. > > what software do i need? > how can i format a tape? do i need to? > how do i store onto tape? > how can i read from tape? My guesses are that you needn't format anything; you can just write straight to the character device file and read straight back from it. IIRC, Karsten Self has an example script that might help you see how it works at http://kmself.home.netcom.com/Linux/FAQs/backups.html , which is a good page on backup strategy / process in general. HTH, Vineet -- Vineet http://www.anti-dmca.org Unauthorized use of this .sig may constitute violation of US law. Qba\'g gernq ba zr\! |tr 'a-zA-Z' 'n-za-mN-ZA-M'
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