Hi Daniel --
You asked:
> Just one question...
>
> Does taper implicitly call 'mt'?
Well, no. In fact, taper does its own ioctl calls, which is why it
is behind the other general-purpose utilities in supporting a broad array
of hardware. I spent a long time studying both taper and tob, and I'm
On Mon, 19 Aug 96 16:33 EDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> tar generates a single Tape ARchive (that's why it is called `tar')
> and knows nothing about multiple files or positioning of a tape, it
> just reads or writes from/to a device. mt knows everyting about moving
> the tape back and forth,
:
: There were only two sessions on my tape. Sadly, the second session
: contained the /usr filesystem, so I lost everything :(
Rejoice! you did not lose anything! Just reinstall and restore what you
have. All stuff in usr are executables and other read-only stuff as
per FSSTND. (except if you h
> There were only two sessions on my tape. Sadly, the second session
> contained the /usr filesystem, so I lost everything :(
Whenever doing backups, _verify_ your backups, even if it doubles the time
it takes to do them.
Oh, and whenever you're going to do something dangerous, _double_ your
bac
Ken Gaugler writes:
Ken> I had a nasty surprise using ftape to dump my filesystems for
Ken> archival right before repartitioning my hard drive. I wanted to let
Ken> people know about this in case they were not already aware.
Ken>
Ken> If you plan to dump several filesystems to one t
I had a nasty surprise using ftape to dump my filesystems for archival
right before repartitioning my hard drive. I wanted to let people
know about this in case they were not already aware.
If you plan to dump several filesystems to one tape (that is, more than
one session on a tape) you need to
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