[KLUG Members] IDE tape drives...

[Kevin DeGraaf]

> Can someone point me to an IDE Tape drive Howto for Linux? I'm having
> no luck finding one of my own.

I'm not sure if I've ever seen a HOWTO on the subject, but when I set up
an ATAPI (IDE) Travan drive at work, it was as easy as attaching the
cables, setting the jumpers appropriately, and compiling/modprobing
ide-tape.o.  That gave me access to /dev/ht0, and you use the standard
'tar' and 'mt' commands to control the drive from there.  I'd be happy to
dig up my exact cron-based backup script if it'd help you.

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Kevin DeGraaf
http://www.kevindegraaf.net/