Re: [SLUG] mt for backup to DAT tape

2008-09-14 Thread Mick Pollard
On Sun, 14 Sep 2008 15:28:16 +1000 Ben Donohue [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Daryl, Also anyone know of a GUI front end to get point and click backups working. Not a gui but a simple HOWTO to get you started. http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-tape-backup-with-mt-and-tar-command-howto/ There used

Re: [SLUG] mt for backup to DAT tape

2008-09-14 Thread Mick Pollard
On Sun, 14 Sep 2008 00:28:36 +1000 Daryl Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Ben you should be able to install the mt with yum install mt make that yum install mt-st It is in the base repo of CentOS 5.2 note this will need to be run as root -- Regards Mick Pollard ( lunix )

Re: [SLUG] mt for backup to DAT tape

2008-09-14 Thread Ben Donohue
Thanks Mick, that worked. mt installed now. now i'm trying to figure out what device it is... I have two DAT drives connected via SCSI. the command |mt -f /dev/st0 status says no such file or directory. Are these devices supposed to be detected on startup? Or do I make the directories and then

[SLUG] Re: opening a photo in GIMP

2008-09-14 Thread elliott-brennan
I've already written directly to Chris, who sent me a copy of one of the photos he's having problems with. Thought other people might like to know of one solution. Strip out the EXIF (1) data in the photo and all is well. Imagemagick will do this for you: mogrify -strip name of file Or