And more backup

[Robert Meyer]

Some SCSI tape drives will not rewind on close (depending on the minor dev
number you access) so you typically would have to initiate a rewind
manually with 'mt -t /dev/st0 rew'.

The 'mt' command should be in the 'mt-st' package.

Hope this helps...

Cheers!

Bob
--- JJ Neff <jjneff at yahoo.com> wrote:
> When I finally got back into my server and ran teh tar dvf /dev/st0 to
> compare
> teh tape archive with the fs All the files end with "Warnign, can't stat : no
> such file or directory"  Is the tape corrupt ?  SHoudl I just run tar again.
> 
> The RH guide at LDP suggests using mt -f /dev/st0 rewind to control the tape.
> 
> Where can I get mt and what is it I having trouble finding it in a Mandrake
> package...
> 
> Also if tape is corrupt how do I erase it completely or does startin a new
> TAR
> just overwrite anythign that was there?
> 
> TIA
> 
> JJN
> 
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Bob Meyer
Knightwing Communications, Inc.
36 Cayuga Blvd
Depew, NY 14043
Phone: 716-308-8931 or 716-681-0076
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