From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Mar 1 21:33:08 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) id VAA18130 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 1 Mar 1995 21:33:08 -0800 Received: from ns.gte.com (ns.gte.com [132.197.8.9]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) with ESMTP id VAA18118 for ; Wed, 1 Mar 1995 21:33:07 -0800 Received: from bunny.gte.com by ns.gte.com (8.6.9/IDA-1.4.4) id AAA22242; Thu, 2 Mar 1995 00:30:48 -0500 Received: by bunny.gte.com (8.6.9/GTEL2.19) id AAA29383; Thu, 2 Mar 1995 00:32:30 -0500 Received: from localhost by genesis.tiac.net (8.3/genesis0.0) id XAA14953; Wed, 1 Mar 1995 23:55:00 -0800 Date: Wed, 1 Mar 1995 23:55:00 -0800 From: steve2@genesis.tiac.net (Steve Gerakines) Message-Id: <199503020755.XAA14953@genesis.tiac.net> To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Colorado Jumbo Tape Sender: hackers-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > How can I use my Colorado Jumbo Tape (QIC 80) to backup FreeBSD ?? > I mean ..... what kind of software is better to make it work ? You use the ft command to do backups, restores, and to read tape labels. As far as the software to do the actual backups and restores, you can use dump/restore or any archiver that will allow piping. I usually use tar like this: backup: tar cvf - | ft restore: ft | tar xvf - read label: ft - Steve steve2@genesis.tiac.net