Hi,
> I have RedHat 5.1, and a HP scsi SureStore 6000. I want to be able to do
> multiple backups on one tape. Here is what I have tried to date, and if
> someonecould point out my errors
>
> mt -f /dev/st0 rewind #Rewind the tape to beg
> bru -cvf /dev/st0 /root #Backup Root Partion
> mt -f /dev/st0 fsf 1 #This should position me at the next marker?
> bru -cvf /dev/st0 /etc #back up /etc
>
> I did this on multiple sub dirs, just as a test. But when I try to
> reposition the tab, mt -f /dev/st0 fsf 2, I get an input / output error
I think mt -f /dev/st0 fsf 1 will forward to the 1st end-of-file
marker and immediately rewind.
This is coming from my SunOS days so things might have changed, but I
think you need to specify the no-rewind tape device /dev/nst0. ie
mt -f /dev/st0 rewind # Check tape is rewound
bru -cvf /dev/nst0 /root # Backup root partition, without rewinding
bru -cvf /dev/nst0 /etc # Backup etc, without rewinding
...
... # Backup other dirs
...
mt -f /dev/st0 rewind # Rewind tape after backup complete
Hope this is right/helps!
Regards,
Iain
Iain F. McLaren
Systems Software Engineer
Myrica (UK) Ltd
Dunfermline
Tel. 01383 627309
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