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Article #41329using tar for tape backup on the ibm pc
From: min-woong sohn
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1990 09:11
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1990 09:11
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Is there out there in the netland anybody who uses "tar" program to backup the hard disk onto a tape? I have a Compaq Deskpro/25 with 300 meg hd and a tape drive from the Compaq. Up until now, we have used sytos--tape operating sytem provided by Compaq--and I found that sytos in my ways is not a perfect solution for my need. So I am interested in finding a way using tar command to back up the hard disk. Specifically, is there a way of capturing the tape drive as a logical drive or as part of the directory hierarchy? I found that on the unix machine that I have used there was a command like "getdevice" which allocates the tape drive to me as a file structure whose name I forgot. Is there a similar command for the pc? Please e-mail me. Thanks a lot. Min
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!ginger.acc.com!jarthur!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!tank!soh3 From: soh3@tank.uchicago.edu (min-woong sohn) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: using tar for tape backup on the ibm pc Keywords: tar tape backup ibm pc Message-ID: <7135@tank.uchicago.edu> Date: 12 Jan 90 09:11:43 GMT Organization: University of Chicago Lines: 17