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Date:      Mon, 19 Nov 2001 15:13:05 -0600
From:      Christopher Farley <chris@northernbrewer.com>
To:        Noor Dawod <noor@comrax.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: SCSI tape back that works under FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <20011119151303.B7781@northernbrewer.com>
In-Reply-To: <KAENJBICBBKCLKPMMACLKECFCBAA.noor@comrax.com>
References:  <KAENJBICBBKCLKPMMACLKECFCBAA.noor@comrax.com>

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Noor Dawod (noor@comrax.com) wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I want to buy a SCSI tape backup (DAT) for our server. Can anyone recommend
> a good one? fast and reliable that works under FreeBSD.

I think just about any SCSI tape drive will work under FreeBSD. 
I've used a couple different types of SCSI drives (DAT, DLT) under 
FreeBSD and found it to be utterly painless to set them up.

> While we're at it, how do you back up to one of these tape drives?

In believe FreeBSD recognizes a SCSI tape drive as /dev/nrsa0.

Most of the tape backup programs (certainly dump, maybe tar and cpio)
use the correct device by default.

The mt command (man mt) is also useful for manipulating the tape drive
(checking the status, positioning the tape to the right file, rewinding
or retensioning the tape, etc).

-- 
Christopher Farley
www.northernbrewer.com

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