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From: burgess@s069.infonet.net (Dave Burgess)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: [FreeBSD] Tar and dump
Date: 28 Jul 1994 22:28:45 -0500
Organization: Configuration Management Svcs, Inc.
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In article <318me6$4uf@masala.cc.uh.edu>,
Woody Jin <wjin@moocow.cs.uh.edu> wrote:
}
}tar seem to be able to handle about 240M, but dump still considers
}the tape as 60M and asks the next volume to be mounted
}after dumping about 60M.
}Is there a way I can make full use of DC6250 tapes using dump ?
}

Tell dump you are using 240M tapes.  The -B option, I think?


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