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- Path: sparky!uunet!dtix!oasys!scfisher
- From: scfisher@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Steven Fisher)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
- Subject: Re: Does Irix 3.3.2 support DAT tape devices?
- Keywords: DAT
- Message-ID: <24757@oasys.dt.navy.mil>
- Date: 9 Sep 92 12:34:42 GMT
- References: <paraska.6.716040404@oasys.dt.navy.mil>
- Organization: Disorganization
- Lines: 12
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- In article <paraska.6.716040404@oasys.dt.navy.mil> paraska@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Pete Paraska) writes:
- |>I've installed a Python DAT tape drive in a 4D30 PI and haven't had much
- |>success using it. I seem to be able to tar to it, but can't get the data
- |>back off of it. Sara Kunz has been quite helpful with other aspects of
- |>tape usage and automatic backup, but she wasn't sure if Pre-4.0 Irix releases
- |>supported the DAT tape device. I've looked in the man pages (mt, mtio, tar,
- |>tps, etc.) but haven't found a reference to a DAT device.
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- I use a DAT drive under Irix 3.3, and have no problems, using GNU tar.
- Bru works ok if I remember.
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- -steve
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