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Re: ftape with SONY DAT SDT-5000
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (justin@trans-actions.com)
Tue Oct 22 21:12:49 1996
From: justin@trans-actions.com
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Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1996 20:14:07 +0000
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(snip)
> On Fri, 18 Oct 1996, Javier Hernandez wrote:
>
> > Does anyone knows if the DAT SCSI Sony SDT-5000 is
> > supported by Ftape application.
> >
> > or if there is any other linux application which
> > can handle this unit for doing backups.
>
> Javier:
>
> Ftape is ONLY intended for use with the Floppy-Tape Drives (those which
> connect directly to the Floppy Interface) and hence is NOT applicable for
> a SCSI based DAT Tape Drive. Do NOT know specifically about your "Sony
> SDT-5000" Unit, but you should be able to use Backup Applications such as
> TAR, CPIO & Taper once SCSI Tape support has been added to your Kernel
> (and if your SCSI Adapter is supported by Linux)?
>
(snip)
yup. We've got a plexor and dump works great. What is taper?
Hope this helps. You may need to compile support into the kernel for
SCSI tape drives, though.
Justin Young Network/Systems Admin.
justin@trans-actions.com Trans-Actions International
http://www.trans-actions.com/
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