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From: brian@shift.lan.awfulhak.org (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: dump and compression
Date: 18 Mar 1997 14:49:34 GMT
Organization: Awfulhak Ltd.
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In article <5glaem$io6$2@kayrad.ziplink.net>,
mi@rtfm.ziplink.net (Mikhail Teterin) writes:
> Am I right, and dump does not attempt to compress the data?
Yep.
> If so, why?
Because dump dumps, gzip compresses ?
> I can fit more on the same tape with tar/gzip, than
> with dump (unless the drive has hardware compression in it)...
Yep. But then, you're using two programs - one archiver and one
compressor.
> Thanks,
>
> -mi
You probably want to either switch on hardware compression or
use gzip with dump :) That's assuming that you have a problem
with being able to fit more on the same tape with tar/gzip :)
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !