On Fri, May 28, 2004 at 08:51:49AM -0600, Steven Backus wrote: > I have some files I'd like to permanently remove from my system > (archiving to tape).
One point in addition to what everyone else has said: it would be wise to make at least two copies of the archive tape(s). Media has a nasty habit of going bad over time. When I had to archive and delete some data, this describes how I made duplicates of the archive tapes: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/amanda-users/message/49373 (Simply amdumping twice would not make *identical* copies, since the first run would change the files' last-access timestamps, if nothing else.) -- | | /\ |-_|/ > Eric Siegerman, Toronto, Ont. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | / It must be said that they would have sounded better if the singer wouldn't throw his fellow band members to the ground and toss the drum kit around during songs. - Patrick Lenneau