If you need something that is like a ghost image then I would use dd. If you are going to have a complex backup shedule then I would use dump. You can use rdump to backup systems to a remote tape device. As far as the device itself I would guess /dev/st0 if it is a rewinding tape device, and /etc/nst0 if it is not a rewinding tape device, most likely /dev/nst0.
On 8/19/06, Rodrigo Barbosa rodrigob@darkover.org wrote:
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Here is what I use on stinit.def for a Seageta DAT72 unit, in case you need it:
{ mode1 blocksize=512 compression=1 mode2 blocksize=1024 compression=1 mode3 blocksize=512 compression=0 mode4 blocksize = 1024 compression=0 }
Pretty simples and direct.
On Sat, Aug 19, 2006 at 11:28:16AM +0100, Peter Farrow wrote:
I would use dump and restore to backup the system, it creates an image
on the
tape of the partitions
I would guess the tape device is /dev/nst0
mt -f /dev/nst0 status dump -0uf /dev/nst0 /dev/sda1
Rodrigo Barbosa "Quid quid Latine dictum sit, altum viditur" "Be excellent to each other ..." - Bill & Ted (Wyld Stallyns)
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