Date: Wed, 6 May 1998 11:38:53 -0400 (EDT) From: "Abraham J. Stephens" <stephea@aasis.albany-academy.org> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Colorado 120 QIC tape drives. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.980506112729.8372B-100000@aasis.albany-academy.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980505145151.25757C-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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> > Could anyone provide instructions for backing up with a QIC 80 tape drive. > > how do I format tapes? then how do I use them? > > You shouldn't have to format the tapes, just pipe dump to /dev/rft and off > you go. > ft reports the error: tape is not formatted Insert ftfilt volume 0 and press enter: for devices /dev/ft0 and /dev/ft0a am I using the wrong device, dmesg.boot reports ft0 is the colorado tape? Any suggestions? Abraham J. Stephens DIRECTOR SIS stephea@aasis.albany-academy.org http://aasis.albany-academy.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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