Re: IDE tape drive
Martin F Krafft(madduck@madduck.net) is reported to have said:
> 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?
>
> thanks,
> martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.)
> \____ echo mailto: !#^."<*>"|tr "<*> mailto:"; net@madduck
Have you checked the offerings from apt-cache search tape ???
or
/usr/doc/HOWTO/en-txt/Ftape-HOWTO.txt.gz
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