Fwd: Mac OS X tape driver

[Jesse Peterson]

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> From: Jesse Peterson <je...@mactechs.com>
> Date: May 22, 2010 9:17:29 PM PDT
> To: macos-x...@lists.apple.com
> Subject: Mac OS X tape driver
>
> Hello,
>
> It's been 9 years too long, but there is now a freely available Unix-like tape driver for Mac OS X. ;) This is an announcement for the open source IOSCSITape project[1]. IOSCSITape implements a typical Unix-like character device file (e.g. /dev/rst0) with accompanying tool (mt) for tape drive manipulation on Mac OS X.
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> IOSCSITape is still in early development and will quite likely be unstable or unusable for you now. It has known incomplete or not yet implemented features and functionality. It has caused system instability in the past. Use at your own risk. YMMV.
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> That said; on the limited hardware I have access to it does the "basics" just fine so far: tar and dd work great. Bacula's btape test tool completes successfully using it (but not yet whole backup jobs). The first binary release 0.1 has been posted today.
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> I'd like to see Mac OS X's support for all the traditional and popular backup tools such as tar, Bacula, Amanda, and various methodologies for dealing with tape to flourish on the platform but the lack of such a driver has been a hinderance for a long time. I invite everyone who is able to to help use, test, and develop! The Google Code project is linked below[1] and there exists a mailing list[2]. All levels of contribution are appreciated!
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> Thanks,
> - Jesse
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> [1] http://code.google.com/p/ioscsitape/
> [2] http://groups.google.com/group/ioscsitape-discuss
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