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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!in1.uu.net!news.LASER.NET!usenet From: warbird@laser.net Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Q: scsi tape backups Date: 18 Aug 1995 02:44:48 GMT Organization: LaserNet, L.L.C. Lines: 10 Message-ID: <410ur0$rku@news.laser.net> Reply-To: patton@laser.net NNTP-Posting-Host: com1ffx50.laser.net X-Newsreader: IBM NewsReader/2 v1.2 This is my first Un*x box I have full admin rights to, so please bear with me. I have a 525mb scsi1 QIC tape drive, soon to be replaced with a 4mm (2gig). Now, I'd like to back up my NetBSD machine as well as an OS/2 box. Mounting the OS/2 box's drives thru NFS is a done deal. Which program(s) should I use for backing up the systems? I'm familiar with tar to some extent (used gtar/gtak for OS/2) but I'm curious as to the (de)merits of dump. I've looked at mt, but it's role is not clear. I also need to find out how to control the tape drive, ie rewind, eject, that sort of thing. I'll be happy to RTFM, problem is I don't know WHAT to rtfm. thanks for the help.