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Re: HP 35480A DAT drive and Turbo Slab / 2.2

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From: Jochen Richter
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1992 07:25
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In article <lux.720224883@sol.UVic.CA> lux@sol.UVic.CA (Michael O'Henly)  
writes:
> 	I have a NeXTstation Turbo. I'm running 2.2 (3.0 in a while).
> I have a Hewlett Packard HP 35480A DAT drive. And I want to start
> doing backups...
> 
>    1.	Does the NeXT include kernel support for this drive?
> 
Yes.

>    2.	When I do a backup using the dump command, will the system use
> 	the DAT drive by default, or do I have to address it in some
> 	way? (The dump man page refers to "/dev/rmt8" as the "default
> 	tape unit to dump to". Is this the appropriate filename for
> 	a DAT drive?)
> 
/dev/(n)rst0

> 	Thanks for you help.
> 
> 	Michael.
> -- 
> Michael O'Henly                 
> McPherson Library                Internet:  lux@sol.uvic.ca
> University of Victoria                      lux@uvvm.uvic.ca
> Victoria, B.C., Canada             BITNET:  lux@uvvm

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