Ronald Hahm wrote:
>
> I am having difficulty running dump. When I run it in interactive mode it
> frequently asks to start a new tape volume. Much too soon and often given
> that I have 12GB tape drive. The stuff I have looked at on
> www.backupcentral.com and other sites do not tell me enough about dump to
> help me out. Mainly, because I am not understanding what is going on. Can
> someone give me an example of the parameters one would use with dump to
> backup to a DDS-3 tape drive?
>
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Try this:
# mt -t /dev/ht0 rewind
# tar -cvf /dev/ht0 /dir_to_backup
hope this helps
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MfG Alfred Frank, Wien.
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