Take advantage of quick backups to tape on Linux systems
Before the days of writable CDs, DVDs, and cheap hard drives, the preferred medium for backing up systems was tape. Tape systems are very reliable, although perhaps less convenient than using optical media. They are also very easy to manipulate and make for great re-writable backups.
Most tape drives use a SCSI interface, which means that nearly every tape drive available will work out of the box on any Linux system using nothing more than the mt-st suite of tools. These tools are provided with most Linux distributions and are very easy to use. Using mt-st and tar with a tape drive provides you all of the tools required to make a quality backup.
If the driver for your SCSI interface card is loaded, perusing the dmesg output will show you what SCSI devices are attached and what device nodes they are assigned to. Typically, a tape drive will be assigned /dev/st0.
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