On Wed, Oct 18, 2000 at 04:59:23PM +0300, Dovydas Kulvinskas wrote:
>
> > I don't think so. The first tar command you show uses the rewind
> > device. It does the first backup, then rewinds the tape. So the second
> > command writes over the first backup. I don't think that's what you
> > want. Rather, use the no rewind device for all the backups save the last.
>
> OK
>
> This time i try it in such way:
> "mt -f /dev/ht0 erase"
> "tar -cvf /dev/ht0 /home/dovydas/Desktop/"
> "mt -f /dev/ht0 fsf 1"
> "tar -cvf /dev/ht0 /home/dovydas/tape/arkeia/"
> "mt -f /dev/ht0 fsf 2"
> "tar -cvf /dev/ht0 /home/dovydas/PowerChutePlus-4.5.2.1-1.i386.rpm"
> "tar -tf /dev/ht0"
> home/dovydas/PowerChutePlus-4.5.2.1-1.i386.rpm
> "mt -f /dev/ht0 bsf 2"
> tar -tf /dev/ht0
> home/dovydas/PowerChutePlus-4.5.2.1-1.i386.rpm
> ....................
> Nope
Try doing exactly the same thing except to the device /dev/nht0. The nxxx
device is the no rewind device. remember, "n" for "no rewind".
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