LinearTapeFileSystem/ltfs
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Reference implementation of the LTFS format Spec for stand alone tape drive
4 mentions on Hacker News by 4 people: 0 stories, 4 comments · first 2022-01-27 · latest 2026-05-11
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I'm playing with a tape drive for backups, so I asked a local model to rewrite LTFS ( https://github.com/LinearTapeFileSystem/ltfs ) in Go. I gave it the reference C implementation, the LTFS spec from SNIA, and asked it to use the C…
comment by cyberax · 2026-05-11 · in Local AI needs to be the norm -
…instead, although since I already for fiber through the whole house, FC would've been suffice. [1] https://github.com/LinearTapeFileSystem/ltfs
comment by Fnoord · 2026-03-17 · in Why I love FreeBSD -
…nightmare that will leave you pulling hair. IBM drives have much better Linux support thanks to https://github.com/LinearTapeFileSystem/ltfs . That being said, IMO, you should consider ditching LTFS for good ol' TAR! It's been battle…
comment by connorgutman · 2022-01-27 · in LTO Tape data storage for Linux nerds -
…how to best use the actual tape storage capactiy... Since my hardware is newer than LTO-5, LTFS ( https://github.com/LinearTapeFileSystem/ltfs ) is an option for convenient access, especially listing tape contents, but that could make it…
comment by c0l0 · 2022-01-27 · in LTO Tape data storage for Linux nerds