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From: rob@xs1.simplex.nl (Rob Simons)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: dump on a DAT tape ..
Date: 4 May 1996 14:13:55 GMT
Organization: SimpleX Networking Amsterdam
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Hi,

I've got this HP DAT SCSI tape, and would like to make backups with it.
I'm currently using plain old 'tar' for it, and that works fine as far
as I can see.
However, it would be great to use an incremental backup system like 
dump/restore, so I'm looking into that right now.

Questions are:
- What's normally used to make backups of 2-4Gb disk volume to a DAT ?
- What parameters do I specify for the tape .. it's a 90 meter 2Gb
  cartridge.

Cheers,

- Rob.

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