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Yes its should be possible to read a unix writen dat-tape with a nt machine. You should look for a tar for nt and the tar for nt dat drivers. I have try this 4 years ago with a linux and a nt machine. it was working. Tell me if you try´d it.
Immo
coakleyj_at_hotmail.com wrote:
> Thanks for that - However it's not exactly what I'm lookimg for.
> Let me explain myself more clearly.
>
> Nomally, if I take a backup onto tape on Unix (say using tar or
> cpio or dd), I can easily restore invividual files from the tapes
> back onto the unix box.
>
> However, suppose I need to transfer some files (non Oracle files, just
> plain old ascii files) from a Unix box to an NT box - How can I do this.
> Assume that both the unix and NT servers are completely stand alone,
> with no network connections to each other (or to the internet).
> How can I transfer data from one machine to the oter.- Both machines
> have 4mm DAT drive backup units.
>
> So is it possible to backup a file on to tape (using Unix command such
> as tar for example) and restore it from tape on the NT server?
>
> What unix command should I use?
>
> What NT command should I use?
>
> Sorry for not being very clear eralier.
>
> Thanks
>
> Coakleyj
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Immo Wetzel Received on Fri Feb 04 2000 - 03:10:43 CST