Article View: gnu.misc.discuss
Article #63240Re: GnuTar, DAT and DOS setup
From: Leslie Mikesell
Date: Tue, 21 Feb 1995 05:49
Date: Tue, 21 Feb 1995 05:49
19 lines
1689 bytes
1689 bytes
In article <mutkeD4BqI4.2xD@netcom.com>, Ernst M. Mutke <mutke@netcom.com> wrote: >I have just recently installed a DAT tape on my PC and I would like >to use gtar to backup my hard disks. > >I have several versions of gtar (V1.0, V1.1, V1.15beta [hell knows where >I got all them from...]) and I do understand all the environment variables >I need to set for my Viper150. BTW, I am running the ASPI SCSI drivers >on my 1542CF Adaptec controller. Most of the DOS aspi tar versions won't handle DAT or 8mm drives where the physical record size matters. Try mine from: ftp.mcs.com:/mcsnet.users/les/dos-gnutar/. It's based on the original aspi code plus patches for the DAT problem, but uses a newer version of the tar code plus network access and some fixes of my own. Les Mikesell les@mcs.com
Technical Details
Message-ID:
<3ibuso$9nj@Mercury.mcs.com>Path:
arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!nntp.gmd.de!stern.fokus.gmd.de!ceres.fokus.gmd.de!zib-berlin.de!fauern!news.th-darmstadt.de!terra.wiwi.uni-frankfurt.de!zeus.rbi.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de!news.dfn.de!news.dkrz.de!news.rrz.uni-hamburg.de!unibwh.unibw-hamburg.de!Germany.EU.net!wizard.pn.com!satisfied.elf.com!news2.near.net!news.mathworks.com!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.duke.edu!godot.cc.duq.edu!ddsw1!not-for-mailReferences:
<mutkeD4BqI4.2xD@netcom.com>Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,9eddf18ab8bdb1df X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1995-02-20 21:49:12 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!nntp.gmd.de!stern.fokus.gmd.de!ceres.fokus.gmd.de!zib-berlin.de!fauern!news.th-darmstadt.de!terra.wiwi.uni-frankfurt.de!zeus.rbi.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de!news.dfn.de!news.dkrz.de!news.rrz.uni-hamburg.de!unibwh.unibw-hamburg.de!Germany.EU.net!wizard.pn.com!satisfied.elf.com!news2.near.net!news.mathworks.com!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.duke.edu!godot.cc.duq.edu!ddsw1!not-for-mail From: les@MCS.COM (Leslie Mikesell) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: GnuTar, DAT and DOS setup Date: 20 Feb 1995 23:49:12 -0600 Organization: /usr/lib/news/organi[sz]ation Lines: 19 Message-ID: <3ibuso$9nj@Mercury.mcs.com> References: <mutkeD4BqI4.2xD@netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: mercury.mcs.com