On Mon, 12 Feb 2001, Gill, Vern wrote:

> Anyone here using a jaz drive as a backup device? I am trying to do
> this, and I am getting confused. Should I be using tar/dump/etc
> accessing /dev/st0 and have that symlinked to /dev/sda? Or, should I
> just be using dump, and writing a file right to the jaz drive formatted
> w/ ext2fs?
>
> Thanks
>
>
I don't use a JAZ drive, but you should be able to use it like a tape or
floppy drive.   If your JAZ drive is /dev/sda, then you can backup to it
using commands like "tar czvf /dev/sda <what you want to back up.>".  If
you fill a disk, it will ask you for another one.  You do not mount the
JAZ drive when doing this!

If you are writing a tar archive or dumping to a file on an ext2 file
system, you are limmited is size to what will fix on one disk.  You also
lose space on the disk because of the file system.

Mikkel
-- 

    Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons,
 for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.



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