2 May
2002
2 May
'02
9:13 a.m.
At 02:01 AM 5/2/2002 -0700, Ethan Dicks wrote:
I can use dd to slurp
stuff off of tape, but it's tedious. What tools are people using for
tape archiving under Linux or Solaris? AIX seems to come with "tcopy"
that essentially pulls everything off the tape until logical or physical
EOT. I'm looking for something similar - point it at the drive and
siphon it on down.
I was looking for tape-sniffing tools the other day, too.
I didn't find one, but I'll try this 'cptape' under RedHat.
As we all do, I'm sure, I have piles of miscellaneous media
(DAT, 8mm, DLTs, floppies, etc.) that may not have proper
labels. I throw them into piles and hope to someday confirm
whether they're readable or which file system made them,
before I toss them or archive the contents.
Maybe Sellam has found some useful tools for his data recovery
business. When I searched the web for tape-sniffing tools,
most links pointed to commercial four-figure solutions,
either for law enforcement or data recovery emergencies.
- John