 | | | Hard drive failure recovery | Hard drive failure recovery 2005-03-16 - By Tom Sightler
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On Wed, 2005-03-16 at 13:48 -0800, Christopher McCrory wrote:
> On Wed, 2005-03-16 at 16:19 -0500, Hambleton, John S. wrote:
> > These drives have not been mirrored. Backup is to an IBM LTO tape drive
> > with "tar". This LTO device requires IBM drivers that are not compatible
> > with the
> > most recent kernel for this OS.
>
> IMHO,
> Use a tape drive that doesn't require a special driver.
>
> tar -C /new -xvzf /dev/st0 should "just work"
I'm actually curious what LTO device doesn't work with "recent kernels".
We have several LTO and LTO2 tape devices from various manufacturers,
including IBM, and "we don't need no stinkin' drivers". Do you really
need special drives for this device or does IBM just tell you that you
need them?
Later,
Tom
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