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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!newsfeeds.sol.net!worldnet.att.net!howland.erols.net!panix!news.panix.com!not-for-mail From: tls@panix.com (Thor Lancelot Simon) Newsgroups: comp.unix.amiga,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: tar salvage? Date: 5 Apr 1997 20:01:19 -0500 Organization: Panix Lines: 14 Message-ID: <5i6skv$4s@panix2.panix.com> References: <992.7033T1092T1352@ping.at> <slrn5kaeu3.avt.grr@shandakor.tharsis.com> <slrn5kb5it.r4.paul@wit387304.student.utwente.nl> <E86w2o.46I@ora.de> Reply-To: tls@rek.tjls.com NNTP-Posting-Host: panix2.panix.com X-Newsposter: trn 4.0-test55 (26 Feb 97) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.amiga:15346 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:5753 In article <E86w2o.46I@ora.de>, Christoph Badura <bad@ora.de> wrote: > >However, that has nothing to do with your problems. You should be >using the "no rewind on close" device, i.e. /dev/rst0 for mt and your >backups. No! The "no rewind on close" device is /dev/nrst0. /dev/rst0 is the raw, rewind-on-close device. -- Thor Lancelot Simon tls@rek.tjls.com Most things do not correlate with actual behavior. -George Conklin