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From: scrantr@ix.netcom.com (Richard Scranton)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Spanning floppy disks
Date: Mon, 09 Sep 96 21:57:19 GMT
Organization: LDA Systems, Columbus
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> How do I write to a 1440 floppy so that an archive will span disks?
> 
> Like the pkzip -& spanning option.
> 
> TIA
> 
> Bill
> 
> 

tar cMzvf /dev/rfd0 what* ever*

cheers.
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Richard Scranton - LDA Systems, Columbus
scrantr@ix.netcom.com