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- From: koren@fc.hp.com (Steve Koren)
- Subject: Re: Backup software needed for Exabyte 8200
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- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 01:49:34 GMT
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- Jamie H. Clark (jclark@access.digex.com) wrote:
- > I tried Matt Dillion's TAPE handler and GNUtar to backup my Amiga 3000
- > hard disk to Exabyte 8200 (2.3GB 8mm) tape drive. The tape drive light will
- [rest of problem description deleted ]
-
- I think there are at least two possible problems you might be seeing:
-
- 1. You have something physically set up incorrectly, such as improper
- bus termination, etc. In this case, a software update won't help.
-
- 2. Your tar or tape handler is broken. I have never had much luck
- with GNU-tar, especially when dealing with multi-part tape
- archives.
-
- I use the BTN-tape handler (by Bob Rethemeyer) and tar with good
- results, but I don't use GNU-tar. I'm not sure how to describe the tar
- I use because it doesn't have a version string. The binary is 33552
- bytes. It has worked flawlessly for me, and i use it very extensively.
-
- With this tar I could reference multiple tar archives on one physical
- tape (ie, tar -tvf tape:35), and append to the tape (tar -cf tape:app
- blah). But with GNU-tar, attempting to append to the tape overwrote the
- 1st archive on the tape. I think this is because GNU tar, if you gave
- it "tape:app" as a file name, tried to somehow reference "tape:" first,
- which caused the handler to rewind the tape. That's just my theory, but
- anyway, GNU-tar was big and seemed to have enough problems that this
- other tar works much better for me. (I use it with an Archive DAT
- unit).
-
- - steve
-