On Tue, May 11, 2004 at 09:38:49AM -0500, fredjame wrote: > Joshua Baker-LePain wrote: > > >On Tue, 11 May 2004 at 8:24am, fredjame wrote > > > >>for testing: how do I read write to a scsi tape outside of amanda? > >>(Linux OS) > >> > >> > >You don't want to write to amanda tapes outside of amanda. To read, see > >the instructions in docs/RESTORE and/or 'man mt'. > > > > > Why I would want to write/read outside of Amanda: To eliminate > variables in a testing phase.
* cat file > tape_device * dd if=file of=tape_device * tar .... * dump ... * cpio ... * pax ... -- Jon H. LaBadie [EMAIL PROTECTED] JG Computing 4455 Province Line Road (609) 252-0159 Princeton, NJ 08540-4322 (609) 683-7220 (fax)
