Date: Mon, 2 Jan 1995 14:06:16 -0800 (PST) From: Sherman F Mui <smui@sparta.sjsu.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: floppy tape backup, how? Message-ID: <Pine.3.89.9501021330.A13788-0100000@sparta.SJSU.EDU>
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Hi, I just get a new tape backup (Conner TSM420R). It's supposedly fully compatable with QIC-40/80. It came with a QIC-WIDE tape, but that's not a problem yet. This is with FreeBSD 1.1.5.1 I can't get it to do anything (except panic and reboot). I had to modify my kernel config: #disk fd1 at fdc0 drive 1 tape ft0 at fdc0 drive 1 It's my secondary "floppy" drive. I don't have the cables to use it as the third drive. Here's what I did to get a nice panic message: tar -cf /dev/ft0 /root It starts doing nuts with the hard drive and after about 30 seconds the hd light turns off. 3 seconds later my computer reboots. I guess I'm supposed to use dump to do these backups, but shouldn't this thing work anyway? So I'm off to try dump... Thanks, Sherman
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