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Ok that will be no problem, I'd check the documentation. and see what the
optimum block size is to get the best performance when backing up. the DLT
40/80GB is 64K. so when you do the tar do it with the -b for blocksize. You
can do a man tar for the syntax. My backups went from 5.5 hours to about
2 hours a tape with the correct block size. For the 20/40s it may not make
a big difference.<br>
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Justin<br>
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Carl Yost Jr. wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">They are DLT IV tape 20/40 gig. I just need them to be over written. WOn't need them to be read :D.
Carl
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<pre wrap="">Do you want to Read the novel tapes? Or just reuse old tapes and write
to them in linux with tar? If so, the tapes will be fine to write to.
Tar will just overwrite whats on the tape. If you want to read existing
novell tapes thats another issue. What type of DLT tapes? If your using
tar, make sure the block size is correct or the backup will run alot
slower.
Carl Yost Jr. wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Hey guys,
Anyone know if Tar will be able to format the tapes we used in novell and make the tape useable by linux? We are swapping the dlt drive to the linux box :D. Any help would be greatly appreciated :D.
Carl
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