From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Feb 24 15:22:25 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id PAA27722 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 24 Feb 1997 15:22:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from sax.sax.de (sax.sax.de [193.175.26.33]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id PAA27703 for ; Mon, 24 Feb 1997 15:22:06 -0800 (PST) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by sax.sax.de (8.6.12/8.6.12-s1) with UUCP id AAA05866 for hackers@freebsd.org; Tue, 25 Feb 1997 00:21:55 +0100 Received: (from j@localhost) by uriah.heep.sax.de (8.8.5/8.8.5) id WAA01316; Mon, 24 Feb 1997 22:21:09 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: 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? References: <199702240228.VAA03134@phoenix.its.rpi.edu> <199702240315.VAA02748@Jupiter.Mcs.Net> X-Mailer: Mutt 0.55-PL10 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Phone: +49-351-2012 669 X-PGP-Fingerprint: DC 47 E6 E4 FF A6 E9 8F 93 21 E0 7D F9 12 D6 4E Reply-To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de (Joerg Wunsch) In-Reply-To: <199702240315.VAA02748@Jupiter.Mcs.Net>; from Karl Denninger on Feb 23, 1997 21:15:02 -0600 Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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. ;-)