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From: mark@seeware.DIALix.oz.au (Mark Hannon)
Subject: Re: fdformat & mount simple question
Organization: Private FreeBSD site
Message-ID: <DLF8G3.EGx@seeware.DIALix.oz.au>
References: <4d04qn$37t@gol2.gol.com> <4d0s3m$qb9@nntp5.u.washington.edu> <DL3zAw.74u@seeware.dialix.oz.au> <4dg045$gtb@uriah.heep.sax.de>
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 1996 09:16:50 GMT
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J Wunsch (j@uriah.heep.sax.de) wrote:
: mark@seeware.DIALix.oz.au (Mark Hannon) writes:
: > dump 0uf /dev/rfd0.1440
: > 
: > Dump will prompt you to change floppies whenever needed.

: Really?  I thought the long-standing EOF detection bug in the floppy
: driver would make dump `think' a fatal error happened.

: Anyway, it's always possible to force dump into any other media size:

:   dump 0uBf 1440 /dev/rfd0.1440 /filesystem

I guess I should try this again.  I only ever did it once (it got pretty boring
changing floppies) and it was a while ago.  Has anybody else had success or have
they also had to use the length parameter?

/mark

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