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From: kuku@acds.physik.rwth-aachen.de (Christoph Kukulies)
Subject: gnu-tar-1.11.1 (was Re: DAT tape (SCSI) supported?)
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Date: Mon, 21 Sep 92 18:09:40 GMT
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In article <q1v33vs@sgi.sgi.com>, rpw3@rigden.wpd.sgi.com (Rob Warnock) writes:
>Sure. the "driver" is already there, in the normal SCSI driver. You just
>need to make Scott Burris's 2-line fix for variable-block tape to "as.c",
>and it works fine. I can exchange DAT tapes between 386bsd and SGI Indigos,
>for example.
Good news. Could you repeat this two line fix, please?
For those who have the problem of doing backups and have no tape connected (yet)
but have a network:
I compiled gnu-tar 1.11.1 and was then able to do tar backups of
my 386bsd system to a tape drive connected to a Decstation (Ultrix)
(tar cvf decstation:/dev/rmt0h directory)
^^^^^^^^^^^
Works fine.
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--Chris
Christoph P. U. Kukulies
kuku@acds.physik.rwth-aachen.de
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