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 at darkover.org> wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > 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) > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFE5ypWpdyWzQ5b5ckRAt0VAJ9voeznMG3Y5fVV1g8YjAdI1kqAJACfYaFB > 13sZmsoJgpTfxEYZYCbvgcs= > =Rorn > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -- Thx Joshua Gimer -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20060819/c24c163f/attachment-0005.html>