Oz Dror <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > > I am having problems using taper as the backup program for my DAT SCSI tape. > It seems that taper cannot handle the large amount of data. > it generates very large info files and then crushes. Incremental backup > is also not working well. > > I have tried the hamm and bo version of taper. > > Is there any other GOOD stable backup program that can work with SCSI DAT > tapes?
I use "dump" to backup 2Gb partitions on an HP DAT unit. It comes with with a very good man page which describes how to stagger the tape backups. Note that the latest versions in unstable don't seem to work well with the latest e2fsprogs; use the versions in stable: Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-===============-==============-============================================ hi e2fsprogs 1.10-2 The EXT2 file system utilities. hi dump 0.3-14 Ported 4.4BSD dump and restore utilities. > > -Thanks > Oz > -- > <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< > NAME Oz Dror, Santa Monica, California > EMAIL [EMAIL PROTECTED] <<Linux since 8/15/94>> > PHONE Fax (310) 396-5798 > --Norris -- Norris Preyer (541) 962-3310 (office) Physics Program (541) 962-3873 (fax) Eastern Oregon University [EMAIL PROTECTED] La Grande, OR 97850 http://physics.eou.edu/npreyer.html finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP key -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
