Greetings, Got what I thought was a simple problem. I have a 2GB DAT tape drive, a directory that I want to backup to that tape drive. Seems simple enough, but I can't seem to get it to work. I thought the command was: tar -cvf thetarfile.tar /usr/thedirectory
But it isn't working. Now I have created a tar file on the hard drive, and thought it would be just as easy to move the file to tape, but I can't figure that out either. Tried mounting the tape drive and the machine mocks me openly. Any and all help would be apprciated! Anthony.