Tape Reset?????

rrivas · #1 (**permalink**) 09-11-2002

I'm changing from SCO UNIX to Red Hat Linux. In the UNIX box when backing up my data to tape I usually do this:

tape reset
sleep 5
nohup tar ...................

I want to know if there is a way to do "tape reset" in Red Hat Linux.

U4ia-F8 · #2 (**permalink**) 09-13-2002

I can only presume your tape reset function is a script of sorts.

I presume again that all it does is rewnd the tape.

this can be done as follows.

mt -f /dev/rmt/tl5 rewind

/dev/rmt/tl5 being the device id of the physical tape drive unit.

Hope that helps

U4ia-F8

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