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Date: Fri, 13 Jan 1995 22:51:53 -0600 (CST)
From: Daniel Baker <dbaker@concorde-mail.neosoft.com>
To: "Clay D. Hopperdietzel" <hoppy@appsmiths.com>
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Subject: Re: Colorado 250 Tape Drive
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On Fri, 13 Jan 1995, Clay D. Hopperdietzel wrote:

> :: 
> :: Hackers --
> :: 
> ::  How can I backup my computer? I have a colorado 250 tape drive, but it 
> :: dosen't seem to reconize it, how can I get it to?
> 	tar cvf - / | ft
> 
> backs up the whole thing.  Works great on mine.
Hmmm, dosen't seem to work, I get the error message:
/dev/rft0: Operation not supported by device

Any idea?


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