Hi,
This is a bit off topic (and sorry I cannae answer any of your
questions) ... Is tar ever used for backing up and if not why not .. if it
is why is it not the defacto standard
--Jonathan
On Sat, 1 Aug 1998, Johann Spies wrote:
> Hallo,
>
> I have come to the conclusion that I cannot get reliable backups using
> ftape and my Iomega Ditto 2Gb tape drive. While trying out the latest
> beta version of ftape, two of my tapes (one - 3.7 gig - was bought the day
> before) were rendered unusable. I am getting a CRC error in the header of
> the tape. Now not even NT or Dos software can use those tapes. That is
> too expensive for me to try it out again.
>
> Now I have a few questions:
>
> 1. Do commercial backup programs for Linux use ther own drivers or do they
> rely on ftape?
>
> 2. How reliable is the use of rewritable cd's for this purpose?
>
> 3. Do other types of tape backup systems also have problems with
> reliability in combination with ftape?
>
> 4. Does anyone know whether it is possible to repair my tapes?
>
> Johann
>
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