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From: bad@ora.de (Christoph Badura)
Subject: Re: tar salvage?
Message-ID: <E886L5.AsA@ora.de>
Organization: Verlag O'Reilly
References: <992.7033T1092T1352@ping.at> <slrn5kaeu3.avt.grr@shandakor.tharsis.com> <slrn5kb5it.r4.paul@wit387304.student.utwente.nl> <E86w2o.46I@ora.de> <5i6skv$4s@panix2.panix.com>
Date: Sun, 6 Apr 1997 16:46:17 GMT
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In <5i6skv$4s@panix2.panix.com> tls@panix.com (Thor Lancelot Simon) writes:
>In article <E86w2o.46I@ora.de>, Christoph Badura <bad@ora.de> wrote:
>>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.

Right.  Stupid typo.
-- 
Christoph Badura

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