Re: Compaq 20/40Gb DLT Tape drive

1999-12-02 Thread Cameron Simpson
On Fri, Dec 03, 1999 at 01:38:03PM +1100, Jamie Carl wrote: | There's just one problem, i'm not using Tar. I have use cpio as | I'm doing a full system backup and tar doesn't back up device files | correctly. I thought cpio used it's own internal buffering. Doesn't matter. Tar was just the exa

RE: Compaq 20/40Gb DLT Tape drive

1999-12-02 Thread Jamie Carl
least then i'll know where the problem lies.. Thanx, -Original Message- From: Cameron Simpson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, 3 December 1999 1:30 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Compaq 20/40Gb DLT Tape drive On Fri, Dec 03, 1999 at 11:30:55AM +1100, Jamie Carl wrote:

Re: Compaq 20/40Gb DLT Tape drive

1999-12-02 Thread Cameron Simpson
On Fri, Dec 03, 1999 at 11:30:55AM +1100, Jamie Carl wrote: | I have a compaq 20/40GB DLT Tape drive in a Compaq Proliant 7000 | running redhat 6.0At the moment the drive 'appears' to be working | fine, except for the fact that it takes a long time to do a backup. | I recently

Compaq 20/40Gb DLT Tape drive

1999-12-02 Thread Jamie Carl
I have a compaq 20/40GB DLT Tape drive in a Compaq Proliant 7000 running redhat 6.0At the moment the drive 'appears' to be working fine, except for the fact that it takes a long time to do a backup. I recently noticed it was actually winding, then pausing, then winding, th