Tape dumping programs for Unix/Linux...

From: John Foust <jfoust_at_threedee.com>
Date: Thu May 2 09:13:14 2002

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
Received on Thu May 02 2002 - 09:13:14 BST