RE: [TCLUG:7428] Tape backup headaches

[Unni Nambiar <unambiar@Legato.COM>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tim Wilson [mailto:wilson@chemsun.chem.umn.edu]
> Sent: Monday, August 09, 1999 2:28 PM
> To: tclug-list@mn-linux.org
> Subject: [TCLUG:7428] Tape backup headaches
> 
> 
> Hey everyone,
> 
> I'm trying to set up my tape backup system at school. I'm 
> finding that I
> probably should have spent more money to get a DAT-based 
> system because I
> haven't had much luck yet.
> 
> I bought a Seagate TapeStor 4 GB SCSI drive. It uses TR-4 
> tapes. I tried
> Arkeia, but it doesn't support that drive. Using 'taper' produces a
> segfault while attempting to write the archive to the tape. 
> I'm guessing a
> generic 'tar' would do the trick, but does anyone know of a more
> user-friendly approach that might work on this system?
> 
> -Tim
>

See http://slashdot.org/askslashdot/99/07/15/2353253.shtml  Overkill, but
gives you choices.

Hope this helps.

-Unni