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Simon Waters wrote: >Everything from MS Windows backup (every version so far), upwards, tends >to have a hideously complicated user interface, bugs, bizarre or poorly >documented formats, tries to be too clever, or other "features", that >mean eventually finding data is not on the tape, when you'd rather it >was. Or that the restore procedure is hideously complex. > > One such package which comes to mind is... TapeWare. It's used to be shipped with HP Tape drives, not sure if it still is. The software was very unfriendly and complicated to use. They do however provide a Linux version on the same CD. I've found Veritas backup software to be pretty good. Rob -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe. FAQ: www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html