From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Aug 17 6:14: 1 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from dns.ie-online.it (dns.ie-online.it [194.133.148.8]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C90014DC4 for ; Tue, 17 Aug 1999 06:13:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sriva@alice.it) Received: from dns.ie-interna.it (host-ie-trezzano.ie-online.it [194.133.148.44]) by dns.ie-online.it (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA28529; Tue, 17 Aug 1999 15:13:03 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from sriva@alice.it) Received: from stefano (stefano.ie-interna.it [192.168.0.33]) by dns.ie-interna.it (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id PAA24405; Tue, 17 Aug 1999 15:13:02 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from sriva@alice.it) Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19990817151302.02f56550@relay.alice.it> X-Sender: riva@relay.alice.it X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 15:13:02 +0200 To: JMS Internet From: Stefano Riva Subject: Re: Tape Backup Devices Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <4.1.19990817032736.01a37c30@mail.sirius.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 03.40 17/08/99 -0700, you wrote: >If anyone could suggest what types of drives are supported, or have a >reference to how to setup and run these devices, I would greatly appreciate >it... I'm using an HP SureStore T4 (Travan) SCSI and it works very well. I'm also using three HP DATs SCSI (DDS-1 and DDS-3 tapes) without problems. As for setup, if it's SCSI just connect the drive and boot FreeBSD... You should see the drive and the device (check with dmesg(8) or look in /var/log/messages if you miss it). You don't need any configuration. Plug and play... :-) As for running, I'm using tar(1) and dump(8)/restore(8). I'd like to try Amanda from the ports, but I never find the time. Look at the ports for other applications. --- Stefano Riva Software Engineer - Systems Administrator Informazioni Editoriali I.E. Srl Voice +39-02283151, Fax +39-0228315900 Email sriva@alice.it To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message