From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Sep 27 5:19:50 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from clmboh1-smtp3.columbus.rr.com (clmboh1-smtp3.columbus.rr.com [65.24.0.112]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC1E037B426 for ; Thu, 27 Sep 2001 05:19:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from iowna.com (dhcp065-024-023-038.columbus.rr.com [65.24.23.38]) by clmboh1-smtp3.columbus.rr.com (8.11.2/8.11.2) with ESMTP id f8RCFZR14892; Thu, 27 Sep 2001 08:15:35 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <3BB319A0.2240B95C@iowna.com> Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 08:20:48 -0400 From: Bill Moran X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (X11; U; FreeBSD 4.4-RC i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mark Rowlands Cc: Heinrich Rebehn , questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PLEASE HELP: Problem backing up multiple filesystems on tape References: <3BB1AFE6.4040106@comm.uni-bremen.de> <3BB2D618.1040705@comm.uni-bremen.de> <20010927085741.4970937B40C@hub.freebsd.org> <20010927093217.7765B37B421@hub.freebsd.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Mark Rowlands wrote: > > dump -0 -a -f /dev/nrsa0 /var > so it works here - minus that funny little "c" option :- > -c Change the defaults for use with a cartridge tape drive, with a > density of 8000 bpi, and a length of 1700 feet. I don't use the -c option myself, but you don't have to use the -d option? mt shows the DAT I use to be 61000bpi, which is not the default at all ;) Is there another way to change the default bpi without using the -d switch? -- "Where's the robot to pat you on the back?" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message