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From: Jim Higgins <jahiggin@thegrid.net>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: Tape backup
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1997 16:53:55 -0800
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I have a HP Colorado T4000 scsi-2 tape backup and
I am trying to get it to work with BSDI (with no luck).
BSDI detects it as st0 on boot-up so:

Whats the command to format the tape for unix?
How do I copy files over after formatting it?

Thanks for any help.


Jim Higgins
Network Admin
The Grid Network