Thanks Nick - I now have the mt-st package installed. Does anyone have a script showing simple use of 'mt' to get a backup job done? Just something I could use as an example to get me started. I have run 'erase' successfully but not sure where to go to now - so many options for the command - which do I need? I read the man pages for mt which happily lists all the commands but gives no examples of usage to help one get an idea of how to hang it together (in fact I've noticed that in lots of man page - as in no examples - really reduces their usefulness). Do I have to pass a single file for backup (eg. a tarred file of everything) or can I somehow just iterate though all directories backing up everything as it goes? And once backed up to tape, is there an index created or do I have to handle that myself also?
And I just love to try out Mandrake 9.1 but don't have the international bandwidth (can get 2Mbit/sec within NZ do does anyone know of a New Zealand site for downloading from? I'll get back to kdat some other time once I'm sure I can get everything working from the command line. Thanks for the help, Bryce Stenberg. > -----Original Message----- > From: Nick Rout [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, 2 April 2003 10:14 a.m. > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: How to mount a scsi tape drive? > > > no i mean you have to install the package mt-st > > to see if it is installed: > > rpm -qa|grep mt-st > > if its not then > > urpmi mt-st > CAUTION: This email message and accompanying data may contain information that is confidential and subject to legal privilege. If you are not the intended recipient you are notified that any use, dissemination, distribution or copying of this message or data is prohibited. If you have received this email message in error please notify us immediately and erase all copies of the message and attachments. ALSO, unless expressly stated otherwise, the contents of this message represent only the views of the sender as expressed only to the intended recipient, do not commit Harness Racing New Zealand (HRNZ) to any course of action and are not intended to impose any legal obligation upon HRNZ.
