Your best bet for doing linux backups is the "dump" program. Easy to use and has been around for _eons_. If the tape drove is supported - you may just want to use the free software.
Shannon On Tue, 2001-10-30 at 14:42, Chopin Cusachs wrote: > > See that the Ditto Max 10 GB tape drives are cheap at a couple > of clearance places. See also that Office Depot is clearing out > the tapes. > > Still think it would be worth the cost to get one and a few tapes -- > can get a whole main partition on one. Wonder if there is software > for Linux that recognizes this drive. Iomega sold it to Tecmar, > which is discontinuing it, but a couple of outfits are making the > tape cartridges. While the software that comes with the drive > is only for Win9X, Veritas offers a cheap upgrade path to their > single computer backup software, and lists the drive on the > supported tape drive list, through Stomp. > > Stomp might well be a Linux program in disguise. > > See also notice of a new kernel out. Anybody tried it? > > I'll be out of town Friday through Sunday night. Trust there will > be a November meeting...... > > Choppy > > > ================================================ > BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group > Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change > your subscription information. > ================================================ -- __________________________________________________________________ Shannon Roddy California Institute of Technology [EMAIL PROTECTED] LIGO Livingston Observatory ph: (225)686-3106 19100 LIGO Lane fx: (225)686-7189 Livingston, LA 70754 ================================================ BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change your subscription information. ================================================
