On Thu, 18 Jan 2001, Jose M. Sanchez wrote:
> Taper and most Linux programs don't use this, but conform to a more unixlike
> approach, keeping the file names "in line" with the data blocks.
>
Well...that would stand to reason since it "is" a Linux program. It very
well be have had it's beginnings in the Unix environment.
Mark
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of Mark Weaver
> Sent: Monday, January 15, 2001 10:59 PM
> To: expert list
> Subject: Re: [expert] Tape drive Question(s)
>
>
> On Monday 15 January 2001 10:36 am, you wrote:
> > While going through some boxes of "old stuff" I came across an Iomega
> > parallel port Easy 800 tape drive and some old tapes. The tapes conform
> > to Travan (TR-1) format and QIC-80 format.
> >
> > Is there any way to use this tape drive, with Linux, long enough to get
> > some files written with Iomega Windows 3.1 software? My son used this
> > drive to store some graphics files when he was in high school and I was
> > just wondering if I could retrieve them.
> >
> > Where do I go, what do I read, what software do I need? Preferably
> > something GUI.
>
> David,
>
> Theres a cool little DOS like GUI on Mandrake called Taper. You start it
> from
> a command line like this:
>
> taper -T <device-name>
>
> My tape drive is SCSI so I use a command something like this;
>
> taper -T st0
>
> I'm not real sure exactly what the device name for a paralell port device
> such as yours, but I'm sure the program info might be able to tell you a
> little more about it.
> --
> Mark
>
> "If you don't share your concepts and ideals, they end up being worthless,"
> "Sharing is what makes them powerful."
>
> Linus Torvalds
>
>
