From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Nov 14 2: 7:24 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from peedub.muc.de (peedub.muc.de [193.149.49.109]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BAB7214D51 for ; Sun, 14 Nov 1999 02:07:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from garyj@peedub.muc.de) Received: from peedub.muc.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by peedub.muc.de (8.9.3/8.6.9) with ESMTP id KAA33193; Sun, 14 Nov 1999 10:57:43 +0100 (CET) Message-Id: <199911140957.KAA33193@peedub.muc.de> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.0 09/18/1999 To: Marc Wandschneider Cc: "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG'" Subject: Re: dump -a Reply-To: Gary Jennejohn In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 13 Nov 1999 23:20:47 PST." <13D5F9EDFD72D211BC3100105A1C22330549E5@akira.lanfear.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 14 Nov 1999 10:57:42 +0100 From: Gary Jennejohn Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Marc Wandschneider writes: > how good is the -a switch on the dump command? > > I've got a 12/24GB Sony 4mm SCSI DAT drive, and was wondering if >I had to enter all the density/length commands, or if the dump command >would figure it out on it's own. Under Linux, we had no such luck, but >my recollection is that the various *BSD operating systems are much >better at it. > > Any suggestions? Is there any good place to find out all the >parameters for a tape drive, should they be required. I, unfortunately, >managed to misplace all the info for my current drive. > I have the same tape drive and always use the -a switch with it. It's always worked quite well for me. I've also used it with an older DAT drive (lower capacity) and it works there too. --- Gary Jennejohn Home - garyj@muc.de Work - garyj@fkr.cpqcorp.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message