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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!gatech!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!news.nic.surfnet.nl!sun4nl!sci.kun.nl!severus.mbfys.kun.nl!rhialto From: rhialto@mbfys.kun.nl (Olaf Seibert) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: Q: scsi tape backups Date: 18 Aug 1995 22:33:44 GMT Organization: University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands Lines: 22 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4134g8$9dn@wn1.sci.kun.nl> References: <410ur0$rku@news.laser.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: severus.mbfys.kun.nl In <410ur0$rku@news.laser.net> warbird@laser.net writes: >This is my first Un*x box I have full admin rights to, so please bear with me. > >I have a 525mb scsi1 QIC tape drive, soon to be replaced with a 4mm (2gig). >Now, I'd like to back up my NetBSD machine as well as an OS/2 box. Mounting >the OS/2 box's drives thru NFS is a done deal. Which program(s) should I use >for backing up the systems? I'm familiar with tar to some extent (used gtar/gtak What I'm using is tar, in particular with its --listed-incremental option. >for OS/2) but I'm curious as to the (de)merits of dump. I've looked at mt, but >it's role is not clear. I also need to find out how to control the tape drive, ie >rewind, eject, that sort of thing. I'll be happy to RTFM, problem is I don't know Rewind and eject is precisely what to use mt for :) >WHAT to rtfm. thanks for the help. -Olaf. -- ___ Copyright 1995 Olaf 'Rhialto' Seibert. All Rights Reserved. \X/ You are not allowed to read this using any kind of Micro$oft product.