Re: [newbie] backup to tape

2000-11-04 Thread Jeff Malka
Welcome back Paul. Hope you enjoyed yourself. Sorry about your PC problems. Wish I could help. You advice worked. I am using tar to backup because I cannot get taper (taper -T z : menus appear but cannot find device) or kdat (cannot find device) to work for me! > Just do this: > tar cvf /d

Re: [newbie] backup to tape

2000-11-04 Thread Paul
It was Nov 3, 2000, 18:14, when Jeff Malka keyboarded: >1) Is the correct command tor a full tape: > >tar cvf /dev/ht0 ortar cvf /dev/ht0 / >Does it include the "/"? The second one will work for you, and yes, it will also backup / >Does this erase the previous backup on the tape or add