I thought that using the z option for tar could make your tape backup
useless if just one bit was corrupted... Or has that changed?
Rob
Don Branson wrote:
> Barry,
>
> I'm using a Seagate STT28000A-RFT. It's an ATAPI drive, and holds 4G raw,
> more compressed. I'm using "tar czf" to back it up, which uses gzip for
> compression. It takes about 2 hours to back up 4G this way, and another
> hour to verify. The price is about US$180. Check www.shopper.com for
> Travan drives, the "Tapestor Hornet TR4 8GB INT IDE Tdkit." ATAPI support
> can be compiled into the kernel to support this drive.
>
> Don Branson
