On 02-Sep-99 Jose Ramon G. Torrico wrote:
> kernel was recompile with the SCSI controle as well as the HP 5000e
> tape store, so my proble is when I try write or read from a tape.
>
> I can't mount the partition, and after read all the HOWTO's, like
> Ftape, SCSI Howto, and other like that,, I feel desolate.....
You can't mount a tape.
Mounting needs direct access to the data and a tape drive is sequencial.
Do you see the drive during boot? (message giving you SCSI ID and the
Tape name).
Did you compile st in the kernel or as module? Both should work.....
then try
tar -cvf /dev/nst0 /your_dir_to_backup
mt -f /dev/nst0 rewind
should rewind the tape
and
tar -xvf /dev/nst0
should restore your files.
For testing you can add "-C /tmp " to the tar command and it will put the
tapecontents below /tmp.
For more gimmicks see tar --help, man mt, taper (or other backup program).
If you want to store raw partitions have a look at "dd if=/dev/sda1
of=/dev/nst0"
K.-H.
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Date: 03-Sep-99 Time: 11:05:15
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