Chapter 8. Adding Tape and Zip Drives

  • Adding a tape drive

  • Adding a Zip drive

This chapter describes how to install and use a tape and Iomega Zip drive with Linux. Tape drives and removable drives are often used for system backups and archiving of important software. Removable drives can also be used to store a Linux file system.

SEE ALSO

To learn how to back up your system, see page 476.

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