[96475] in RedHat Linux List
Accessing a tape device as a block device
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Toby Herring)
Tue Oct 27 11:16:18 1998
Reply-To: "Toby Herring" <therring@syncroflo.com>
From: "Toby Herring" <therring@syncroflo.com>
To: "Red Hat - List" <redhat-list@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 10:32:42 -0500
Resent-From: redhat-list@redhat.com
I have a problem that I can't seem to figure out, and it's EXTREMELY
time-sensitive. I have an old SCO UNIX box with a database that I need to
transfer to my new Linux box, along with the custom software that it belongs
to. The old box has no network card, so I can't FTP the files, and the only
removable media on the machine is the backup tape drive, which is external.
Is there any way that I can use the tape like a giant floppy drive, so I can
copy files from the one drive, onto the tape, then install the tape drive on
my new machine, and copy the files onto the new system?
--
Toby Herring
IS Coordinator
SyncroFlo, Inc.
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