Date: Sun, 12 Jan 1997 11:53:17 +0200 From: Nadav Eiron <nadav@barcode.co.il> To: Brandon Gillespie <brandon@cold.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: setting up backups (incremental)--what to use? Message-ID: <32D8B48D.671C@barcode.co.il> References: <Pine.NEB.3.95.970110145302.3759B-100000@cold.org>
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Brandon Gillespie wrote: > > I have a tape drive setup off my system, and functioning (I can tar to it > and read from the tar without problem). I do not want an absolute tar > file every day, I want an incremental backup based off the previous day, > or something similar. How do I go about doing this? I noticed the > incremental option in the tar manual, but there is no explanation as to > what to do.. Help? Don't know, I don't use tar... > > Also... I need to figure out how large of a tar file my drive can > handle--it uses 8MM DAT tapes, but its an older drive, reporting as: 8mm is not DAT, though the technology is similar. > > ahc0:A:5: refuses syncronous negotiation. Using asyncronous transfers > (ahc0:5:0): "EXABYTE EXB-8200 2687" type 1 removable SCSI 1 > st0(ahc0:5:0): Sequential-Access density code 0x0, variable blocks, > write-enabled > > Anybody? If I remember Exabyte model numbers correctly, a plain 8200 will put 2.2GB on a 112m cassette. > > -Brandon Gillespie Nadav
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