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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.misc:5204 comp.os.386bsd.questions:16416 Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!news.ysu.edu!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.indirect.com!wes From: wes@indirect.com (Barnacle Wes) Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.0R: tape format available in a snapshot? Message-ID: <D3Ho1p.ArC@indirect.com> Sender: usenet@indirect.com (Internet Direct Usenet News) Organization: the briney, briney deep Date: Sat, 4 Feb 1995 18:44:13 GMT References: <3gqpb2$1g6@clarknet.clark.net> X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Followup-To: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.386bsd.questions Lines: 13 Robert Watson (rwatson@clark.net) wrote: : I was wondering if a format function in ft was available in a newer : release of FreeBSD 2.0 -- the R man pages say that they are "in the : works" ;). Formatting would be really useful, because we don't had DOS : on that computer, and don't want to shut it down to boot dos because it's : currently acting as a router ;). We have the Colorado Jumbo 250 drive, : and there are no other Colorado drives on our facility (only Erwin). Have you considered just buying pre-formatted tapes? That would take care of the problem and save you time both. In volume, they're typically only 50 cents to a dollar more, well worth it in my book. ;^) Wes Peters