On Friday 10 November 2000 16:30, malkajef wrote:
> tar seems to work for me from the command line - well at least the tape
> drive goes on. But I need a gui interface to determine if the archive is
> valid, to verify it, etc. The present archives seem to stop before
> finishing for reasons I cannot ascertain till I get an easier interface to
> use.
>
> The command line I use is: tar cvf /dev/ht0 / and as I said the tape drive
> goes on for a while and then stops with an error. It is a ide floppy
> controller attached TR4 drive (Conner CTT 8000A).
>
> Thanks.
>
> > >Is there a tape backup application in the new Mandrake 7.2? If so, what
> > > is it?
> > >Thanks
> >
> > I have always managed to do my backups with TAR. But you need to be more
> > clear about the tape device you use, if you require more help. Is it IDE,
> > floppy-based, SCSI?
> >
> > Paul
> >
> > --
> > Macadam (n.): the first man on Earth.
> > (according to the Scottish bible)
> >
> > http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 - Registered Linux User 174403
> > -=PINE 4.21 on Linux Mandrake 7.1=-
Kdat still exists!!! Mandrake just did not see fit to include it in their
implementation. Check out KDE mirrors. Look for tarball source and get
kdeadmin-2.0.tar.bz2. I have not compiled it yet but the .cpp's etc are in
there.
--
Mike Mattix
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