On Friday 04 October 2002 18:06, you wrote:
> Two questions: How do I reference the tape drive? Since it's not a disk
> type device, I don't think that /dev/hdd will do it. Would it be as simple
> as /dev/tape? Something else?
/dev/st0?
> 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
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john in sydney
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