mt is an app that will let you manipulate it. The simples is to tar to the drive. There are many apps such as Amanda and others - check /usr/portage for the backup category.
> > From: "Nick Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2006/02/20 Mon PM 10:51:46 EST > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: [gentoo-user] tape drives and backups > > i recently accuired a DDS3 tape drive, ive never used a tape drive > with linux at all. what software is out that supports tape drives and > how to i access it? what would its device name be? it is a scsi drive. > is there any software that is command line based but has a menu > system, possibly like the old colorado backup system used to have? > > TIA > > Nick > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
