but again - shouldn't backuppc be taking care of the rewinding if necessary?
On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 3:47 PM, Les Mikesell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Jeff Rippy wrote:
>
> > Also the backuppc documentation and even the default
>
>> configuration uses /dev/st0 so why exactly do you recommend /dev/nst0
>> instead. Shouldn't backuppc be controlling where it writes to the tape?
>>
>
> /dev/st? devices rewind the tape on open and close, so you can't write
> anywhere but the beginning. /dev/nst? devices only rewind on insertion and
> removal. If you have small archives you can add more than one to the same
> tape on the nst device. To read them you can use mt fsf to advance or just
> read one after the other with tar (linux seems to want an extra dummy read
> to advance to the next).
>
> --
> Les Mikesell
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
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