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From: Alexander Hausner <alexander.hausner@bmgsk.ada.at>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: tar on floppy
Date: Thu, 01 Aug 1996 09:08:21 +0200
Organization: Bundesministerium für Gesundheit und Kosumentenschutz
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Hello Folks!

I use tar cvf /dev/fd0 <dirname> to backup a directory on a 1.44 MB
floppy, but it does not put 1.44 MB on disk, only about 1/4 or so.

How can I put 1.44MB on floppy?