[H-GEN] Linux backup tool of choice

[Stuart Longland]

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Quoting Christopher Biggs <listjunkie at pobox.com>:

> AAAAARGHHHHH!
> 
> Bastard.   I had those neurons buried.

LOL
 
> Stay the fsck *AWAY* from those barfulous kluges from hell.

Why, apart from the fact they chew up your floppy controller while in use and
the fact they are slower than SCSI tape drives, what's the problem?  Seems to
work alright, just I don't know how to use them.

> If you used tar to write to tape, then do :
> 
>      mt -f /dev/ftape rewind
>      tar xvf /dev/ftape

Ahhh, okay, that was probably my problem.  I didn't tell it to rewind the tape
when it was done.  I shall try that tomorrow when I get home.  I was of the
impression that it rewinds the tape when it's done.

Thanks
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| Stuart Longland           stuartl at longlandclan.hopto.org |
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| I haven't lost my mind - it's backed up on a tape somewhere |
| Griffith Student No:           Course: Bachelor/IT (Nathan) |
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