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From: john@wa3wbu.UUCP (John Gayman)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.microport
Subject: Re: problems installing Archive tape driver
Summary: does the tape utility still work ?
Keywords: Archive streaming tape driver Microport V2.4
Message-ID: <651@wa3wbu.UUCP>
Date: 19 Oct 88 11:09:00 GMT
References: <331@siswat.UUCP>
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Organization: WA3WBU, Marysville,PA
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    Do you have the additioanl nodes that were a part of the previous
tape software like rmt8 & rmt16 ?

    Usually a tape operation goes like this:

   echo o | tape /dev/mt/rmt16    (resets the tape controller)
   find . -depth -print | cpio -ocv | strm /dev/mt/rmt0  (sends files to tape)

   I never tried your "cat file > /dev/mt" before. I have been using an
Everex Excell Stream 60 with 2.3U for almost a year and it has performed
flawlessly.

					John


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