Hi!
I poster recently about exactly how to mix using Windows backup software and
ftape to store a Windows backup and a Linux backup on the same tape.
I today tried to use the ftmt -f /dev/qft0 seod command in order to space to
the end of the "Windows" part of the tape so that I can write the first
Linux backup that tape would get after the Windows segment of the tape.
This did not work - ftape totally wiped the Windows part - i. e. it did not
executed seod correctly. I verified this by going into my Windows tape
backup software which only identified a "zftape" volume on the tape - not
the original Windows backup.
What's strange is that when I entered the seod command, my tape drive did
NOT space - its LED just flashed. I would have though that the motor would
run to physically position the tape at the end of the Windows segment.
Also, doing a status command after writing the windows backup says there is
only 63 megabytes used - but my Windows software has just written more than
2gig of data to the tape!
I can only think this is some kind of incompatibility - would I be better
off to get another physical tape to make Linux backups on, or am I making
some kind of mistake?
Thanks!
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Stefan Viljoen a. k. a. Rylan the Red
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