From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 26 13:05:58 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0603316A427 for ; Mon, 26 Dec 2005 13:05:58 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mrb@bmyster.com) Received: from bmyster.com (ns1.bmyster.com [65.175.135.37]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 889C743D9A for ; Mon, 26 Dec 2005 13:05:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mrb@bmyster.com) Received: from www.bmyster.com (localhost.bmyster.com [127.0.0.1]) by bmyster.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id jBQD5Y5L065702 for ; Mon, 26 Dec 2005 08:05:35 -0500 (EST) From: "Brent" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2005 08:05:29 -0500 Message-Id: <20051226130206.M64642@bmyster.com> X-Mailer: Open WebMail 2.41 20040926 X-OriginatingIP: 24.75.245.190 (mrb) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Subject: backups spanning tapes help X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2005 13:05:58 -0000 We use a freebsd box that has a old 8mm library drive attached that we use for backups..my question is these tapes hold 7gigs native or 14 gig compressed ..One i cant seem to get compression going so i was wondering how do you span tapes using tar ? Unless theres another way to do this thank you for your help & Merry Christmas -- Brent Bailey CCNA Bmyster LLC --RIP Brother Dime--