Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1997 22:21:09 +0100 From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: best way to back up? Message-ID: <Mutt.19970224222109.j@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <199702240315.VAA02748@Jupiter.Mcs.Net>; from Karl Denninger on Feb 23, 1997 21:15:02 -0600 References: <199702240228.VAA03134@phoenix.its.rpi.edu> <199702240315.VAA02748@Jupiter.Mcs.Net>
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As Karl Denninger wrote: > Go to the no-rewind device, and set the tape "size" to a rediculously large > number so it never runs out (unless it really does get an "end of media"). Btw., Karl, you're running -current? Then the `a' option to dump(8) is for you. I finally got tired of the need to pretend an overly long tape. I've also merged it into 2.2 today. -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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