On Thu, Oct 03, 2002 at 11:52:20AM +0530, Tineeminee spoke out thus: > Hi > Since you are using HP tape drive , you could use the software > provided by HP
which software is provided by HP?. Can you specify name. I have lost my tape's manual / floppy etc etc. Regards, -Yash > it works fine without any prob. It has also got the an neat menu system from > which you could > schedule your backups etc. > > Rgds > Ramsey > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chandrakumar Muthaiah" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 1:29 AM > Subject: Re: [LIH] HP Tape Drive > > > > > > Yashpal Nagar wrote: > > > > >Hi Chandra, > > >Finally i downloaded dc395 scsi adapter from terram's site and rebuild > the kernel. Now it is working.. > > >when i insmod these are the /var/log/messages > > > > > >@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ > > >Oct 2 23:38:08 backup kernel: DC395x (TRM-S1040): 1 adapters found > > >Oct 2 23:38:08 backup kernel: scsi0 : Tekram DC395U/UW/F DC315/U V1.32, > 2000-12-02 > > >Oct 2 23:38:10 backup kernel: Vendor: HP Model: C5683A > Rev: C005 > > >Oct 2 23:38:10 backup kernel: Type: Sequential-Access > ANSI SCSI revision: 02 > > >@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ > > >Now can you discuss something about tape formatting, what kind of tool do > you use to take backup on tape, can i use a fresh tape as it is ? i have > zero experience with these tape backups. :) > > > > > > > > In short I use amanda for my purpose at my place. > > > > I would say it should be possible to use any of these tools, tar, cpio, > > dump/restore. > > > > for tar it just easy say > > > > tar cjf /dev/st0 /home/dump/backup > > > > it should write everything from /home/dump/backup directory to tape to > > extract > > > > (cd /home/dump/restore; tar xjf /dev/st0 ) > > > > it should untar evewrything from tape > > > > it is that easy. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > > Welcome to geek heaven. > > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > > _______________________________________________ > > linux-india-help mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > Welcome to geek heaven. > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > _______________________________________________ > linux-india-help mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help > -- Yashpal Nagar Systems Administrator Delhicall Centres 'Gurgaon' Ph 0124-6223849 , cell 9811499273 --------------------------- ================================================ To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe in subject header. Check archives at http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd%40wpaa.org
