Kiran grabbed a keyboard and wrote:
>
> On Sun, 2002-10-13 at 07:31, David Guntner wrote:
> > John Haywood grabbed a keyboard and wrote:
> > >
> > > > Also, is there a reasonably good backup
> > > > program (preferably something free, but an inexpensive one would be fine as
> > > > well) that will use the tape drive? The next time I manage to destroy my
> > > > system, it would be awfully nice if I could just restore from the last
> > > > backup.... :-) Any information would be appreciated.
> > >
> > > There are quite a few - but amanda stands out as the most robust for
> > > network/client backups. There isn't a Mandrake RPM for it AFAIR, but the
> > > .src.rpm should compile
> >
> > could you perhaps direct me to the URL for this software?
>
> http://www.rpmfind.net or check your install CDs it should be there.
Thanks. Found it, but this particular one won't help me. One, the current
version doesn't support backups across more than one tape, and two, I can't
currently figure out how to identify my tape drive and make it available to
Linux. Argh. (See the other message thread.)
--Dave
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