tape drives

[clonak]

sorry if theres already been a post like this, iv just spent like 10 hrs on a bus, n im not in the mood for searching, but i wanna know how to mount my tape drive? im not sure on the make/model etc, it was given to me ages ago, n i only just got some tapes. i got a few scripts to back up etc, but when i did search a few days back, only found scripts, couldnt find anythign about mounting it and stuff. any links would be good.

oh, btw, im running slackware 9.0 if that helps.

thanks

clonak

[michaelk]

You don't need to mount it but it would be nice to know what kind of device it is.

SCSI, IDE etc.

Its accessed like any other file device.

[clonak]

hey.

sorry, i forgot to put that...

it goes on hte floppy cable... ? im not sure if its supose to or what, but some old guy told me it went on the floppy cable n i havent had much luck finding anything about it since i got it. as i said im not sure on the make/model.

you dont need to mount it? i thought you did.. ? hmmm.....

anyways, i better go...

clonak

[michaelk]

Some usefull links on floppy tape devices
http://www.linuxtapecert.org/index.html
http://steps.intrasoft.com.ar/storage/ftape.html
http://www.instmath.rwth-******.de/~heine/ftape/

As explained in the links once the drive is loaded you can use any of the file backup utiliies like tar, cio etc.

[Floppyman]

Hi,

For some backup software check out Taper:

http://taper.sourceforge.net/

HTH

[clonak]

thanks for all that guys... :) ill let you know how it goes....


clonak