From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Sep 27 9: 1:13 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from rush.telenordia.se (mail.telenordia.se [194.213.64.42]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DFF7937B418 for ; Thu, 27 Sep 2001 09:01:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 14786 invoked from network); 27 Sep 2001 18:01:05 +0200 Received: from bb-62-5-36-29.bb.tninet.se (HELO there) (62.5.36.29) by mail.telenordia.se with SMTP; 27 Sep 2001 18:01:05 +0200 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: Mark Rowlands To: Bill Moran Subject: Re: PLEASE HELP: Problem backing up multiple filesystems on tape Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 18:01:04 +0200 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.3] Cc: Heinrich Rebehn , questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <3BB1AFE6.4040106@comm.uni-bremen.de> <20010927093217.7765B37B421@hub.freebsd.org> <3BB319A0.2240B95C@iowna.com> In-Reply-To: <3BB319A0.2240B95C@iowna.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-Id: <20010927160107.DFF7937B418@hub.freebsd.org> 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 On Thursday 27 September 2001 2:20 pm, Bill Moran wrote: > 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? It is my understanding....given that I use a dlt drive with hardware compression and a variable block-size that :- -a ``auto-size''. Bypass all tape length considerations, and enforce writing until an end-of-media indication is returned. This fits best for most modern tape drives. Use of this option is particularly recommended when appending to an existing tape, or using a tape drive with hardware compression (where you can never be sure about the compression ratio). is appropriate for my situation However, if you " know" the tape capacity := -B records The number of 1 KB blocks per volume. This option overrides the calculation of tape size based on length and density. -- You know you're a little fat if you have stretch marks on your car. -- Cyrus, Chicago Reader 1/22/82 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message