RE: DAT tapes, how?
Brad Larden (bsl@ausgate.cvsi.com)
Thu, 18 Feb 1999 08:42:41 +1100
On Thursday, February 18, 1999 8:01 AM, Pierfrancesco Caci
[SMTP:ik5pvx@penny.ik5pvx.ampr.org] wrote:
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> How do I use a DAT tape? it's a scsi one, a Digital DEC TLZ 06.
> I suppose I have to compile in the SCSI-tape module, and then ?
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Yes, you need the SCSI Tape stuff (either as a module or compiled
in).
Mine 'just works'.....you have a number of choices as to how you use
it.
Upon boot, you should see that the SCSI has detected the tape drive
and assigned it an identity (st0 normally).
Once you see that, you can use dump/restore, taper, dd, cpio to talk
to the tape drive.
If using dump, you will need to figure out some parameters to get the
best out of the drive. If you just dump /dev/st0 whatever, it will
not fit much on the tape.
Regards,
Brad.
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