Return to BSD News archive
Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!news.Hawaii.Edu!news.mrtc.org!news.he.net!news.enteract.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!cam-news-feed1.bbnplanet.com!news.delphi.com!news-feed.nis.newscorp.com!kayrad.ziplink.net!rtfm.ziplink.net!mi From: mi@rtfm.ziplink.net (Mikhail Teterin) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: dump and compression Date: 18 Mar 1997 05:50:14 GMT Organization: Aldan at Newton Upper Falls Lines: 9 Message-ID: <5glaem$io6$2@kayrad.ziplink.net> Reply-To: mi@ALDAN.ziplink.net..remove-after-`net' NNTP-Posting-Host: 199.232.255.52 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Newsreader: knews 0.9.8 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:37340 Am I right, and dump does not attempt to compress the data? If so, why? I can fit more on the same tape with tar/gzip, than with dump (unless the drive has hardware compression in it)... Thanks, -mi -- "Windows for dummies"