Don Allen wrote:
> At 01:33 PM 3/27/00 -0800, Sevatio Octavio wrote:
>
>
>> You don't have to mount an IDE tape drive. As long as your system
>> recognizes the tape drive you can just run "taper -T ide".
>
>
> Ok, that worked and it recognized the tape drive. Is there any
> better tape backup software for Linux?
>
> Taper crapped out on me several times on a small backup. I tried
> setting the preferences, but found it difficult at best, to ascertain
> which were the default values and which were the altered values. It
> does not provide a whole lot of useful information on which column
> is which, ie. which are the default and which are the altered, when
> you use the cursor keys to highlight a column. Hitting the left/right
> cursor keys only does a screen anomaly which throws characters
> out of the field, at least on _my_ system (Kde desktop, 800 x 600)
>
> For example -
>
> Have fast fsf - no yes
> Can seek - no yes
> Can fsr - no yes
>
> After an error-ridden attempt at a backup supposedly "succeeded",
> the restore module would not identify the backup as a taper archive.
>
> Any suggestions on better tape backup software that anyone else
> is using?
>
> Regards and thanks,
>
> Don
>
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>
> "Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God" - Thomas Jefferson
You could try kdat
Under one of the menus or open a terminal and type it in.
