>
> AppleUni Author wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > I'm happy to say that the tape deck in the external case is recognized
> > > by the ftape drivers when attached to the floppy interface!
> > >
> > > You might add this info to your readme or a faq:
> > >
> > > If you have an HP T1000e parallel tape drive, and the performance is
> > > just not there, or your wondering why you spent the extra money for an
> > > external drive that you never take any where, it takes ten minutes to
> > > dismantle the T1000e, and make it a T100.
> > >
> > > To open the T1000e case, the gray strip on the right side needs to be
> > > slid forward about a quarter inch. I \/
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> >
>
>
> Okay mister High and Mighty... When did you ever pay for anything you
> acquired from an ftp site?
>
I've paid for shareware plenty of times...
>
> Answer a question with a real answer:
>
> I've decided that 'tob' looks like a good script to manage backups.
> I've configured things as directed in the documentation. I've specified
> /dev/ftape, and created a small test.selectdir file, for a 10mb backup.
> Every thing should run smoothly.
>
> Whether running the tob script or using afio from the command line, it
> does not understand that "/dev/ftape" is the archive destination. It
> reports that /dev/ftape is an invalid argument.
For shits and giggles, try this:
find | afio -o -b 10240 /dev/nftape
^^^^^^^^ ^
See below for explainations :-)
> I can make the tape do flips and jump through hoops using mt, but do not
> know what afio needs.
>
> I've looked at the man page... it reads "... | afio -o archive"
>
> I presume that 'archive' should be replace with the destination file or
> device, so one could do
> 'ls | afio -o /dev/ftape' for a quick test.
Yes, but-
There's several different ways to do this, actually...
Here's some tips:
1:
Use find instead of ls, it's just a better idea :-)
2:
Make sure you use 10k blocks! afio defaults to 5k (unless you hard code it
to 10k, I have found that it *CAN* goof up and spit out a 5k block if you
just use the command line. I hardcoded it to 10k.)
3:
There are litterally tons of undocumented options for afio. See the source.
4: use non rewinding ftape devices, thier easier to control.
Yours,
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