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Outside of LTFS, the Microsoft Tape Format seems to be the closest to a widely supported format when it comes to older tape format that don't support LTFS (In my case, Ultrium 3 and 4).

However, while there are several ways to read MTF tapes on Linuxseveral ways to read MTF tapes on Linux, it seems that nothing creates tapes using it - opting instead of raw use of tar(/cpio/pax) and mt, or "bigger" backup solutions like Bacula/BareOS.

Is my understanding correct that tar really only covers one "archive" on a tape, while MTF is meant to cover the tape as a whole? And if yes, is there a utility on Linux that uses MTF as a tape backup format?

Outside of LTFS, the Microsoft Tape Format seems to be the closest to a widely supported format when it comes to older tape format that don't support LTFS (In my case, Ultrium 3 and 4).

However, while there are several ways to read MTF tapes on Linux, it seems that nothing creates tapes using it - opting instead of raw use of tar(/cpio/pax) and mt, or "bigger" backup solutions like Bacula/BareOS.

Is my understanding correct that tar really only covers one "archive" on a tape, while MTF is meant to cover the tape as a whole? And if yes, is there a utility on Linux that uses MTF as a tape backup format?

Outside of LTFS, the Microsoft Tape Format seems to be the closest to a widely supported format when it comes to older tape format that don't support LTFS (In my case, Ultrium 3 and 4).

However, while there are several ways to read MTF tapes on Linux, it seems that nothing creates tapes using it - opting instead of raw use of tar(/cpio/pax) and mt, or "bigger" backup solutions like Bacula/BareOS.

Is my understanding correct that tar really only covers one "archive" on a tape, while MTF is meant to cover the tape as a whole? And if yes, is there a utility on Linux that uses MTF as a tape backup format?

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Michael Stum
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Can I create a tape backup that uses Microsoft Tape Format (MTF) on Linux?

Outside of LTFS, the Microsoft Tape Format seems to be the closest to a widely supported format when it comes to older tape format that don't support LTFS (In my case, Ultrium 3 and 4).

However, while there are several ways to read MTF tapes on Linux, it seems that nothing creates tapes using it - opting instead of raw use of tar(/cpio/pax) and mt, or "bigger" backup solutions like Bacula/BareOS.

Is my understanding correct that tar really only covers one "archive" on a tape, while MTF is meant to cover the tape as a whole? And if yes, is there a utility on Linux that uses MTF as a tape backup format?