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How to write a file DIRECTLY to tape with dd
I am trying to write a file directly to a tape in my LTO4 tape drive. From what I understand, this should be possible.
However, when I attempt to use dd to write to it (e.g. dd if="/test.img"...
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Magnetic tape alternative [closed]
I have recently been assigned as a systems administrator to look after a streaming service and its related server architecture.
Once a week i travel 3hours to turn around a magnetic tape library which ...
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Device busy when reading from tape drive with tar
When I try to read a tar from tape with tar tvbf 2048 /dev/nst0, it returns:
tar: /dev/nst0: Cannot read: Device or resource busy
tar: At beginning of tape, quitting now
tar: Error is not recoverable:...
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tar file modified bit (am I being BS'd to?)
I'm working on a project where I'll be using tar to incrementally backup data on a server to a number of tapes. According to a senior co-worker of mine, tar will "set special flags on files so that ...
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