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From: truesdel@gizmo.nas.nasa.gov (David A. Truesdell)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Can dump be used with an autoloader?
Date: 8 Nov 1996 02:44:29 GMT
Organization: NAS/NASA Ames Research Center
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X-disclaimer: All opinions are mine, not my employers, though I often wish they were.

pauln@cstone.net (Paul Nguyen) writes:

>I know that the dump that comes with Solaris 2.5 has a feature where it will 
>change to the next tape on a autoloader.  My question is there anyway to get 
>the dump for FreeBSD to do it or is there a public domain version that can do 
>this.  Thanks.

I wouldn't use dump to do this directly.  I've used Amanda to manage my DAT
autoloader for the last two month's.  This is on a FreeBSD 2.1.5 system using
thorpej's SCSI changer code.
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