Thank you. I will try the tar command. Does the command as you wrote it (thank you !) include the subdirectories? That is if I wrote tar -cvf /dev/ht0 \ will it backup everything (from root down)? Thank you. Jeff Malka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Registered Linux user 183185 ----- Original Message ----- From: Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Linux Newbie Mandrake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2000 3:55 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Cannot find tape in tape drive > On Sat, 15 Jul 2000, Jeff Malka wrote: > > >I am running Mandrake 7.1 My ATAPI tape drive (Conner, Travan) shows as > >correctly recognized during bootup. However when I use the KDE Tape backup > >utility, with a tape in the tape drive, it keeps telling me there is no tape > >in the drive. > > > >I probably have it misconfigured but cannot figure out where ot how. > > > >Any help appreciated. > > You will have to find a way to tell Ktape to access /dev/ht0. > I have an HP streamer, Atapi also, and I use tar to backup my things. > > tar -cvf /dev/ht0 <directory to backup> <another directory>... > > Paul > > -- > Television is democracy at its ugliest. > - Paddy Chayevsky > > )0( [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] )0( > http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 > Registered Linux User 174403 > >
