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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.vbc.net!news.cais.net!nntp.coast.net!lll-winken.llnl.gov!fnnews.fnal.gov!usenet From: stox@dcdkc.fnal.gov (Ken Stox) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Exybytes Tape Drive Date: 6 May 1996 20:34:00 GMT Organization: FERMILAB, Batavia, IL Lines: 22 Message-ID: <4mlnno$knq@fnnews.fnal.gov> References: <4mjqhg$6et@flood.xnet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dcdkc.fnal.gov X-Newsreader: knews 0.9.2 In article <4mjqhg$6et@flood.xnet.com>, vchiu@quake.xnet.com writes: >My question is : > >1. How can I make sure the tape drive is working? If any Unix command >I can issue to check? A simple cpio or tar to the device should be sufficient. >2. I heard the tape must be preformatted before it can be used. If >this is true how can I format the tape under FreeBSD? No, this is for QIC-80 drives only, as far as I know. >3. Do I need to rewind the tape when I every time "tar" the files to >backup? Is the command "mt" to serve this? Depends on what you want to accomplish, you could also simply use the rewind device, ie. it automatically rewinds on close of the device.