by Hi, I am connecting an HP C15333A DAT drive to a linux box.
Does anyone know for sure how to set the "configuration" switches
on this drive for use with linux? This is a row of 8 switches on
the underside of the drive, which control the hardware compression
and use of MRS tapes, etc. One configuration works OK for "PC's"
including DOS/WIN, WINNT, Mac, and Netware. For UNIX, there seems
to be a different combination of switch settings for every brand of
workstation.
Are the "PC" settings OK for linux?
Also, is any special kernel configuration required for linux?
I did this under SUNOS 4.1.3 once, and had to build a new kernel with
scsi paramaters for the HP tape drive built into the kernel. I'm using
a pre-built kernel from a RedHat dist. and it has SCSI support enabled,
but do I need to do more for this DAT drive? (The DAT does seem to
working OK, I can use tar and it writes to the tape, and then
tar tvf gives me the list of files on the tape.) I'm using Adaptec
1522 host adapter, if that matters.
Finally, any recommendations on backup software? I have tried KBackup,
which *almost* works, but not quite (but maybe it's because afio is not
working correctly, don't know yet ) and I'm looking at Amanda
(although Amanda is clearly overkill for my 2 linux box network).
Are there any other (free) options?
Thanks to all,
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