Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 15:13:06 -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>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20011119151303.B7781>