Full system tape backup

[Benjamin Minshall]

You wrote:

> From: Paul Melson <melson@scnc.holt.k12.mi.us>
> To: linux-user@egr.msu.edu
> Date: Mon, 8 May 2000 07:05:46 -0400
> Subject: Re: Full system tape backup
> 
> 
> On Sun, May 07, 2000 at 10:23:39PM -0400, Ben Pfaff wrote:
> > Do you know of any PC motherboards that support booting from
> > tape?
> 
> 	Some of the Compaq ProLiant and IBM Netfinity
> 	servers support booting from a SCSI tape.  I
> 	think, actually, that it's not a function of
> 	the motherboard or SCSI controller, but rather
> 	a function of the tape drive itsself.
> 
> 
> PaulM
> 

Yes, it's a function of both the SCSI controller and the tape
drive.  AFAIK, Compaq servers, Dell Servers, and a few other
come pre-configured to boot from tape; however, any server-grade
SCSI controller should support SCSI tape boot.

-Ben

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