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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!serv.hinet.net!news-peer.nctu.edu.tw!news.nctu.edu.tw!spring.edu.tw!news-peer.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!news.mathworks.com!news.kei.com!news.thenet.net!uunet!in2.uu.net!198.4.164.94!gail.ripco.com!dr From: dr@ripco.com (David Richards) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.arch.storage Subject: Re: Tape file system Date: 26 Mar 1997 14:21:46 GMT Organization: Ripco Communications Inc. Lines: 20 Message-ID: <5hbbdq$8d9$1@gail.ripco.com> References: <5h0pfc$7vg@fu-berlin.de> <slrn5jbi5f.t0.ripley@nortobor.nostromo.in-berlin.de> <01bc3946$15859060$6330fa9e@org-qsar2.chem.msu.su> <5ha6ju$3i1$2@otis.netspace.net.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: rci.ripco.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:37758 comp.arch.storage:12927 In article <5ha6ju$3i1$2@otis.netspace.net.au>, Mark Heath <mheath@netspace.net.au> wrote: >Eugene Radchenko (genie@qsar.chem.msu.su) wrote: >: I thought about this once (not for Unix) but dropped the idea after reading >: in the HP SureStore manual that cartridges are certified for 2000 tape >: start/stops, or approx. 100 normal backups. >: I guess filesystem-type access will eat this in no time at all. > >I've seen them for Mac (cant remember the name) Amiga (tapeworm) and Dos >(datman). I recall seeing source code for a SVR4 version released a couple of years back, not sure of the package name. I believe it treated a tape as if it was a WORM drive, handy for archive purposes. -- David Richards Ripco, since Nineteen-Eighty-Three My opinions are my own, Public Access in Chicago But they are available for rental Shell/SLIP/PPP/UUCP/ISDN/Leased dr@ripco.com (773) 665-0065 !Free Usenet/E-Mail!