In a message to All, Francois Thunus wrote re: DAT

FT> I have to replace the old DAT by something else. ANybody has an idea of a
nice
FT> hardware/software combo that runs under OS/2 ? Additionnal OSes are
definitely
FT> a plus, including DOS, NT and Linux.

"BackAgain/2" has worked well for me in OS/2.  There is a Windows
NT version also but I am not aware of a DOS or linux version.
That said, I do use BA/2 to back up and restore my Win95
partition and it works fine (albiet some special handling
necessary to preserve the vfat long filenames).

"tar" is available for all the platforms you mention (DOS, OS/2, 
NT and linux) but I am not sure of appropriate tape drive support
under DOS or NT.   In OS/2 you can use the "gtak/gtar" package 
with an SCSI tape unit and the tapes will be fullt readable under
linux.  In linux itself tape drive support (SCSI, IDE, floppy-
based) comes with the kernel sources; you just have to configure 
it in when you compile a kernel.  Best of all, "tar" is free and 
quite versatile, but it is not the easiest program to learn to 
use.


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