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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: dump on a DAT tape ..
Date: 5 May 1996 15:44:31 GMT
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rob@xs1.simplex.nl (Rob Simons) wrote:

> - What's normally used to make backups of 2-4Gb disk volume to a DAT ?

I prefer dump(8) for full backups.

> - What parameters do I specify for the tape .. it's a 90 meter 2Gb
>   cartridge.

dump 0uBbf 2000000 32 /dev/nrst0 /usr

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