Tar and Novell DLT Tapes

[Carl Yost Jr.]

They are DLT IV tape 20/40 gig. I just need them to be over written. WOn't need them to be read :D.

  Carl



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From: Justin Bennett <justin.bennett at dynabrade.com>
Reply-To: nflug at nflug.org
Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2002 10:29:31 -0400

>Do you want to Read the novel tapes? Or just reuse old tapes and write 
>to them in linux with tar? If so, the tapes will be fine to write to. 
>Tar will just overwrite whats on the tape. If you want to read existing 
>novell tapes thats another issue. What type of DLT tapes? If your using 
>tar, make sure the block size is correct or the backup will run alot 
>slower.
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>Carl Yost Jr. wrote:
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>>Hey guys,
>>  Anyone know if Tar will be able to format the tapes we used in novell and make the tape useable by linux? We are swapping the dlt drive to the linux box :D. Any help would be greatly appreciated :D.
>>
>>  Carl
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