Hi!
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> I've just successfully installed Linux operating systems 6.0
6.0 what? The newest *kernel* is 2.2.12. The newest
S.u.S.E. distribution is 6.2 ...
Just a pet peeve of mine ...
> on Dual Pentium
> Pro PC system. I have a HP scsi tape drive connected to the system but
> do not know how to make it work. I am a new in this area and please help
> with the following questions:
> 1. What steps should I do to make Linux recognize the HP scsi tape drive?
See that the kernel has
* SCSI support
* SCSI tape support
* Verbose SCSI error reporting (kernel size +=12K)
(not absolutely needed, but very needed for debugging)
* the right SCSI low-level driver
(as module if you want)
> 2. What is a default device file for tape drive, /dev/rmt0 or /dev/ftape?
You don't need ftape, you don't have a floppy tape.
So /dev/ftape is right out, as well. You might want
/dev/(n)st0, though. (n -- non-rewinding device, which you
probably really want). /dev/rmt0 might work as well.
> 3. What backup commands available on Linux for backing up entire file system
> and what is a procedure to rebuild a boot partition and restore it on a
> new disk ?
There are a couple of things ... afio, cpio, tar, dump/restore,
dd, ... and then there are packages like taper or tob or
... and then there are commerical backup solutions.
Bootable? If you have a complete HD on tape via dd, just
write it back. Else create the partitions, put on the data
(perhaps on a partition by partition way) back on the HD.
Then (if you use lilo, as I'll assume here) mount the
partitions (e.g. to /mnt) on the rescue system you are using.
Then run lilo -r /mnt ...
That should do the job. Be sure you try it out *first*.
-Wolfgang
