 | | | Hard drive failure recovery | Hard drive failure recovery 2005-03-17 - By Hambleton, John S.
Back
At 06:21 PM 3/16/2005 -0500, you wrote:
>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
...the latter. But now thanks to you, Tom, I know better.
You are right, tar -C /new -xvzf /dev/st0 does indeed "just work".
Thank you very much! So now I have that, plus someone
suggested this article:
http://software.newsforge.com/software/05/02/16/169208.shtml?tid=129&tid=128
&tid=91
The author's method of backup/restore may work equally as well
for me.
Thanks again, everyone.
John H
>--
>Taroon-list mailing list
>Taroon-list@(protected)
>http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/taroon-list
+ John S. "Dilbert" Hambleton
+ Olson Library
+ Northern Michigan University
+ Marquette Michigan 49855
+
+ Phone: 906-227-2741
+ E-Mail: JHAMBLET@(protected)
+
+ Ab alio expectes, alteri quod feceris.
+
--
Taroon-list mailing list
Taroon-list@(protected)
http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/taroon-list
Earn $52 per hosting referral at Lunarpages.
|
|
|