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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!newspump.sol.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!csn!nntp-xfer-1.csn.net!news-2.csn.net!bugs.alisa.org!wjjr From: wjjr@bugs.alisa.org (John J. Rushford Jr.) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: WangDAT Model 1300 4mm tape woes? Date: Wed, 12 Feb 1997 02:54:36 GMT Organization: My Place on the Front Range Lines: 31 Message-ID: <E5Gyr0.1Dw@bugs.alisa.org> References: <E5F0w2.3Fz@bugs.alisa.org> <E5F9HM.61r@bugs.alisa.org> <3300F69F.41C67EA6@mindspring.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 204.133.34.5 X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:35495 Ron Bolin (rlb@mindspring.com) wrote: : John J. Rushford Jr. wrote: : > : > Hi, : > : > I was wondering if anyone is using a WangDAT Model 1300 4mm SCSI tape drive : > for backups on FreeBSD? The tape drive is capable of writing 2GB to tape. : > I'm trying to 'dump' a filesystem to tape which is far less that 2GB but, : > 'dump' seems to think I don't have enough tape. Is there some configuration : > file that I should edit and add the WangDATS parameters too for 'dump'. : > : > I'd appreciate any pointers, I'm running FreeBSD 2.1.6. : > : > regards : > -- : > John Rushford : > wjjr@sapphire.alisa.org : Try this : /sbin/dump 0uBbf 2000000 32 /dev/nrst1 / : /sbin/dump 0uBbf 2000000 32 /dev/nrst1 /usr : Where 2000000 is 2GB for the size of the media. Thanks! This worked. regards -- John Rushford wjjr@sapphire.alisa.org