Date: Wed, 22 Mar 1995 01:52:53 -0800 (PST) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com> To: jbryant@server.iadfw.net (Jim Bryant) Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ANy one useing ft driver under 2.0 current??? Message-ID: <199503220952.BAA08396@gndrsh.aac.dev.com> In-Reply-To: <199503220817.CAA07565@news.iadfw.net> from "Jim Bryant" at Mar 22, 95 02:17:07 am
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> In reply:
> > From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com>
> > Subject: ANy one useing ft driver under 2.0 current???
> >
> > I am trying to get a colorado 250 working. It probes and every thing
> > but ``tar czf - | ft "test1" runs for awhile and then finishes without
> > error.
...
>
> Also, I have noticed that between 2.0-RELEASE and 950210-SNAP there is a
> DRASTIC slowdown when using gzip [tar -z option] and ft at the same
> time. Has this been fixed in -current?
I don't know, but the tape drive does stream when doing this on -current
on a DX2/66 PCI system (FDC on motherboard), both during read and write.
>
> BTW: try this:
>
> tar -cvzf - what.to.back.up | ft "test1"
> ft "test1" | tar -tvzf -
>
> If you typed the above as you originally did, tar did exactly what you
> told it too, essentially nothing... [I hate it when I do things like
> that too :^) ]
Paint me a hat again... I guess I've been working too hard lately,
thanks!!! Adding the missing "." to my tar command did the trick,
I am now a happy camper, one more problem fixed!!!
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<:-)
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Now to see if I've done something as stupid that is keeping the
Chinnon 525S from working :-).
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Rod Grimes rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com
Accurate Automation Company Custom computers for FreeBSD
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