On Thu, 22 Jan 1998, Rob Duncan wrote: > Can anyone report success with using one of these beasts as a backup > system? The comments in the ATAPI tape driver claim that it (the > software) is somewhat flaky; is this true in practise?
I have a CONNER ATAPI tape drive. Works fine with the LoneTar demo. But LoneTar is not really very friendly! Better than tar, but... It likes to tell you that your backup failed, but is hard to determine why. Usually something trivial, that requires a setup change, and to run it all over again to see if it is happy. I had a bru demo, but it was already expired when I installed it from a CD. I have yet to get taper to work without segfaulting. Well it used to fault in the selection process. The current version waits until you are about 2/3 done with a backup. Unless the backup is broken up in small pieces. But then why have a 4GB tape? And plain old tar will work, but not very friendly. > > What kind of devices are other Debian users backing up with? Any > thoughts on CD-RW as a medium? > > Thanks for any comments, > > Rob. > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > /*********************** Running Debian Linux *********************** * For God so loved the world that He gave his only begotten Son, * * that whoever believes in Him should not perish... John 3:16 * * W. Paul Mills * Topeka, Kansas, U.S.A. * * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://homepage.midusa.net/~wpmills/ * * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://www.sound.net/~wpmills/ * * Bill, I was there several years ago, why would I want to go back? * ********************************************************************/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
