Martin F Krafft([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > hi guys, > i have a machine with an IDE tape drive, 20Gb in size or so. my kernel > has the ide-tape.o module, and /dev/ht0 exists. the logs are fine, in > short... i think the tape drive just might work. > > however, i have no clue how to use it. could someone give me a primer? > i looked online but couldn't find a nice linux & tapes primer. > > what software do i need? > how can i format a tape? do i need to? > how do i store onto tape? > how can i read from tape? > > thanks, > martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.) > \____ echo mailto: !#^."<*>"|tr "<*> mailto:"; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Have you checked the offerings from apt-cache search tape ??? or /usr/doc/HOWTO/en-txt/Ftape-HOWTO.txt.gz -- If you put garbage in a computer nothing comes out but garbage. But this garbage, having passed through a very expensive machine, is somehow enobled and none dare criticize it. _______________________________________________________
