Hello Sanchet and Brett.
Thanks for replies.
I do not want to automount, i.e. on boot.
When I type: mount hdd | ht0 | nht0, etc
response is: mount: can't find hdd | ht0 | nht0, etc, in /etc/fstab
or /etc/mtab, - so - no I can't do an explicit mount, yet.
'man -k tape' gives some info, sure, but my system is multi-platform,
partitions, logical drives, to do anything with those options would
likely take many pages of new script for each occasion of backup.
None of which would be likely to be reused ever. Just not efficient.
I would want to be able to back up individual files, directories,
logical drives, partitions or complete physical drives.
Man or info for tape, ATAPI or IDE comes up blank, apart from
the one you gave.
Brett, I wanted to put the hen in the coop before it got any ideas
about laying eggs .....
i.e. I want to be able to do backup and restore before I try
compiling kernel or modules, but yes I can see the possibilities
in emulating SCSI, as I also have an IDE CDRW, not yet useful
under Linux.
Regards, Jens
Sanchet Surendra Dighe wrote:
> > I obviously need to configure it in fstab, how ?, where else ?
>
> Why do you want it to be mounted on boot ? You will use the tape
> for backup or restore purpose only. Whenever required, you can
> put in the tape and do an explicit mount.
>
> > What application software is available, native or third party ?
>
> You do not require it, I guess. Try 'man -k tape' and you will
> get the list of tape operations that you can do.
>
> > The tape media is factory formatted, and is supposed to stay
> > that way. Do I need to install a file system on the tape ?
>
> I do not think so. The tape is used for dumping data onto and
> restoring data from it. No fs is required.
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