[Info-vax] The (now lost) future of Alpha.

[Chris]

On 08/07/18 00:39, Johnny Billquist wrote:

>
> Have you ever tried to read, write, or copy a tape under Unix, using the
> standard tools?
>
> Johnny
>

Read and write are no problem, but yes, I would imagine
copying a tape of unknown format might be a challenge. mt,
dd and tar have always got the job done here, things like
Sunos distro tape dc cartridges etc, but limited
experience otherwise.

Rather than copy, which is slow, a better approach might
be to copy the tape to disk, then to tape from that. Direct
tape to tape copy seems a bit archaic and you do need two
tape drives...

Chris