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From: Hal Lynch <hal@cc.usu.edu>
Subject: re:  Backup to DLT drive
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At 3:32 PM -0700 6/11/01, Flemming Froekjaer wrote:
>
>I'm trying to do a dump to a 35 GB DLT drive. The filesystem is only
>about 1.6 GB, but dump claimes it needs around 40 tapes for the backup.
>What am I doing wrong?

Do a man dump. Check the -a and -b flags and see if they will do
what you want.

hal

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