[K12OSN] Tape backup

[Les Bell]

Mark Gumprecht <gumprechtm at msln.net> wrote:

>>
The install sees the tape drive
in the hardware browser as dev/st. Not as dev/st0/1/2/3... . Anyone know
how to get this to be mountable?
<<

You don't mount tape drives; instead you write directly to them using your
choice of tar, cpio, dump/restore, amanda or other backup software. I've
written an article on this, at
http://www.lesbell.com.au/Home.nsf/web/Backup+and+Restore?OpenDocument

Best,

--- Les Bell, RHCE, CISSP
[http://www.lesbell.com.au]