PREV UP NEXT The Ftape Installation and Usage Guide - Testing ftape


7.1: Useful utilities for ftape

This section lists some of the utilities contained in the ftape-tools package which might be needed to test the drive successfully. The ftape-tools package to be obtained either from

ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/kernel/tapes/

or from the

Ftape home page.

Swapout Swapout, the memory de-fragmentation utility.
mt The tape control program.
vtblc The volume table manipulation program.
ftformat The formatting program.

ftape logo Use these buttons to jump to the top menu

TOP (previous node) TOP (parent node) TOP (next node) TOP (this node)