tjm wrote: > > Hi. Looking for a recommendation for tape > backup software using an Aiwa TD-A8000 atapi > tape drive. Nothing too fancy needed but > I would like to backup selected directories > from win95/nt machines also on the network. > Using slink and 2.0.36. > If you use something simple like afio or tar, you don't really care what kind of tape drive you have, as long as the driver is working. I'm backing up scads of Win95 machines on the network using a Perl script running afio against smbfs shares. The drive is an Aiwa TD-8000 (that's the SCSI one, not ATAPI). But that's a roll-your-own type of solution, of course. I do like afio, though: it can compress, but is more error-tolerant than tar because it does it on a file-by-file basis.
I have chosen to hardcode the drive capacity, though, because I haven't cared to test the drive's end-of-tape detection and recovery capabilities, having read that that's dodgy on a lot of drives. I'd be interested in knowing whether your drive handles this properly. And don't you love the low prices on these Aiwas? Mine was a no-frills OEM version and cost me (no lie) about $100 for a 4 gig capacity drive. :-) -- ... if the problem persists ... get a 3.5 ft ... length of sucker rod and have a chat with the user in question. -- Linux System Administration, SYSLOGD (8), page 7 (Dealing with DOS attacks exploiting SYSLOGD)