Can anyone help me with a DAT tape?

drako12 · 03-09-2004, 11:33 AM

im trying to make a backup in a DAT tape, the problem is , i cant append the files in the tape..

thats what i do for the backup

mt -f /dev/st0 rewind
mt -f /dev/st0 eom OR mt -f /dev/st0 fsf1 OR mt -f /dev/st0 eof (these commands dont seem to work)

find / -ctime -1 > /home/backup/files.txt
tar -cpPmv -T /home/backup/files.txt -f /dev/st0

can anyone please help me with a new command?

drako12 · 03-09-2004, 02:27 PM

please please please someone help me =/

homey · 03-09-2004, 03:45 PM

drako12 · 03-10-2004, 11:01 AM

the backup is going fine, i used the -f in the end of the command as you can see..

my problem is when i make the backup AGAIN, it runs over the last backup, not after it..

michaelk · 03-10-2004, 02:23 PM

Device /dev/st0 rewinds upon completion of command. So after you are taring to tape it will rewind and overwrite with the next tar.

Device /dev/nst0 does not rewind the tape upon completion of the command.

Quote:

mt -f /dev/st0 rewind
mt -f /dev/nst0 <rest of your command>

find / -ctime -1 > /home/backup/files.txt
tar -cpPmv -T /home/backup/files.txt -f /dev/st0

drako12 · 03-11-2004, 12:07 PM

i though the only difference between st0 and nst0 was that st0 was an IDE tape and nst0 was SCSI...