Sorry folks , forgot the taper config file , its below .
I am having trouble getting taper to read write to the tape drive. tar works , sees and writes to it /dev/ht0.
I must be missing somthing on setting it up ?
Have any of you used it and know how to set it up ?
Is there any other tape backup software ??
any pros cons ect...
any way to start5 it autamaticaly ??
Taper Prefrence file
append = yes
set-ownership = yes
compress-type = 2
bad-checksum = yes
auto-descend = yes
prompt-archive = yes
i-can-seek = no
i-can-fsr = no
i-tape-name = "/dev/ht0"
exclude-files = ".o ~"
volume-title = ""
i-get-blksize = no
soft-links = no
comp-head-start = 0
taper-info-files = "/root/taper_info"
compress-info = yes
proc-device = 1
min-before-seek = 10
i-illegal-end-of-tape = no
i-erase-tape = yes
log-file = "/root/taper_log"
limit-log-file = 2
log-level = 2
size-dirs = yes
i-ntape-name = "/dev/nht0"
one-file-system = no
overwrite = 1
tape-overwrite = no
tmp-dir = "/usr/tmp"
only-volume = 0
i-fast-fsf = yes
restore-path = ""
exclude-dirs = "/tmp /usr/tmp /var/tmp"
strip-paths = 99
i-set-blksize = no
archive-title = ""
tape-type = ide
incremental-backup = yes
unattended-id = -1
recent-restore = yes
old-archive = no
i-block-size = 28672
exclude-compress = ".gz .gif .Z .zip .jpg .bmp"
min-free = 4096
use-eom = no
prompt-dirs = no
i-tape-size = 0
color-title = blue,white
color-main = white,blue
color-dialog = white,red
color-status = white,red
color-directory = black,green
color-on-volume = white,magenta
color-selected = white,blue
color-excluded = white,blue
color-bottom = blue,white
color-help = black,cyan
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