Hi Paul et al... On Monday 30 September 2002 21:21, Paul Kraus wrote: > Is there a way to have an index written? I am making 13gb backups and it > takes forever to simply restore because it has to read each and every > single file on the tape. This is actually on my sco box but the question > is relevant because I plan on moving the file server to a red hat > machine.
I just wrote an article about how to backup with tar. It includes how to make an index for your tape. http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=6270 If you need any more help email me off list. Hope this helps... JIM -- Jim Hatridge Linux User #88484 ------------------------------------------------------ BayerWulf Linux System # 129656 The Recycled Beowulf Project Looking for throw-away or obsolete computers and parts to recycle into a Linux super computer - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
