On Tue, 1 Mar 2011 21:22:32 +0100 Gour <g...@atmarama.net> wrote: > On Tue, 1 Mar 2011 13:01:28 -0700 > Charles Curley <charlescur...@charlescurley.com> wrote: > > > Nope. You leave virtual tapes on the hard drive. You don't bother > > with tapes at all. > > Ahh...but I want to continue using my LTO-2 drive and tapes.
Go right ahead. My concern is that physical tapes die, often unexpectedly, and at that time your choice is either to buy a new tape drive or toss your tapes. The latter is attractive if you already have a known good alternative up and running. -- Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB
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