On Tue, Aug 04, 1998 at 11:22:29AM +0100, C.J.LAWSON wrote: > 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
Well...I use tar... In fact I think tar is great..just last night after enabling super-user rsh (if anyone is capable of getting past my firewall by obtaining physical acess to my network...then they can just steal toc omputer forget cracking it ;) I did a tar clvf hal:/dev/st0 / and it proceded to backup fine. then I switched tapes on on hal did tar cvlf /dev/st0 / I love tar it works great... -Steve > > 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 > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > | Johann Spies Windsorlaan 19 | > > | [EMAIL PROTECTED] 3201 Pietermaritzburg | > > | Tel/Faks Nr. +27 331-46-1310 Suid-Afrika (South > > Africa) | > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > "And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things > > which I say?" Luke 6:46 > > > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > > > > > -- > Jonathan Lawson > Thermal Processes Unit > Department of Applied Energy and Optical Diagnostics > School of Mechanical Engineering, > Cranfield University, > Cranfield, Bedford. UK. > email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > 'They came forth from unholy darknesses > ... > and were driven back by the rage of > Angels' > > --- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe glug" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > -- /* -- Stephen Carpenter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>------------ */ E-mail "Bumper Stickers": "A FREE America or a Drug-Free America: You can't have both!" "honk if you Love Linux"
