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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au!news.apana.org.au!cantor.edge.net.au!news.teragen.com.au!news.access.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!uunet!in3.uu.net!193.10.88.100!news00.sunet.se!sunic!mn6.swip.net!seunet!news2.swip.net!nike.volvo.se!cyklop.volvo.se!peter From: peter@cyklop.volvo.se (peter hakanson) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: Tape backup Date: 25 Feb 1997 08:40:56 GMT Organization: Volvo Corp. Lines: 39 Message-ID: <5eu8io$ke9@nike.volvo.se> References: <33123823.2B9B@thegrid.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: cyklop.volvo.se X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:6098 Jim, you don't have to format or initialize a tape in unix! Just write ! an example using dump: #!/bin/sh #use /dev/nrst0_f8mm for 4 mm exabyte scsi drives TAPE=/dev/nrst0 # TAPE=/dev/nrst1_f8mm echo "Backup via $TAPE" sleep 10 /sbin/dump 0uf $TAPE / /sbin/dump 0uBf 600000 $TAPE /usr /sbin/dump 0uBf 600000 $TAPE /var #mt rewoffl echo "Rewind and eject tape ($TAPE)" /bin/mt -f $TAPE rewoffl Peter h Jim Higgins (jahiggin@thegrid.net) wrote: : 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 -- -- <peter.devnull@cyklop.volvo.se> (remove ".devnull" before use!) Peter Hakanson VolvoData Dep 2580 phone +46 31 66 74 27