From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Jun 1 18:31:00 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id SAA21251 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 1 Jun 1995 18:31:00 -0700 Received: from pyromania.apana.org.au (pyromania.apana.org.au [202.12.87.123]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id SAA21241 for ; Thu, 1 Jun 1995 18:30:57 -0700 Received: (from john@localhost) by pyromania.apana.org.au (8.6.9/8.6.9) id LAA05717 for hackers@freebsd.org; Fri, 2 Jun 1995 11:23:38 +1000 From: John Herks Message-Id: <199506020123.LAA05717@pyromania.apana.org.au> Subject: Backing up on Exabyte 8MM Tape ?? To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Fri, 2 Jun 1995 11:23:38 +1000 (EST) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 755 Sender: hackers-owner@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk What is the correct format for backing up and restoring (a directory tree) on a Exabyte tape drive ??? Do I use tar or mt ? Here is my dmesg output -: ncr0 targ 6 lun 0: type 1(sequential) removable SCSI2 ncr0 targ 6 lun 0: st0(ncr0:6:0): 200ns (5 Mb/sec) offset 8. st0: density code 0x0, drive empty -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- _--_|\ John Herks / \ Pyromania Internet Access Melbourne \_.--._/ Phone: +613-9650-4776 v email: john@pyromania.apana.org.au www : http://pyromania.apana.org.au ---------------------------------------------------------------------------