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Appending tp LTO 4 media
- Subject: Appending tp LTO 4 media
- From: richard.pieri-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org (Richard Pieri)
- Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2010 14:22:39 -0400
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On Apr 2, 2010, at 1:06 PM, Stephen Goldman wrote: > > I 'm not sure how to append to the existing tape ? > > Do you need to move to the end of the data - <mt -f/dev/st0 eod> For starters, you need to use the non-rewinding device: /dev/nst0 You can then do something like: mt -f /dev/nst0 rewind tar cf /dev/nst0 /usr tar cf /dev/nst0 /var tar cf /dev/nst0 /home mt -f /dev/nst0 rewind mt -f /dev/st0 asf 1 tar xf /dev/nst0 and restore the /var archive. mt -f /dev/nst0 status will return some useful information. --Rich P.
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