[luau] connecting tape drive to RH 7.2, 7.3, 8.0

Ray Strode halfline at hawaii.rr.com
Thu Nov 21 17:34:01 PST 2002


> They're just character devices...you can use them with tar's "f" 
> option to make tar files on the tape.

I've never used a tape drive in linux before, so I'm wondering, is it 
standard practice to symlink
/dev/st0 or /dev/ht0 to /dev/rmt0 ?

I ask, because I know that tar assumes /dev/rmt0 if you don't use the 
"f" option.

--Ray




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