Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 04:22:30 -0800 From: "David E. O'Brien" <obrien@NUXI.com> To: David Vrtin <vrtin@uni-mb.si> Cc: freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DAT/dump problem Message-ID: <19980129042230.43963@relay.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980129121923.11764A-100000@unicorn.uni-mb.si>; from David Vrtin on Thu, Jan 29, 1998 at 12:39:12PM %2B0100 References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980129121923.11764A-100000@unicorn.uni-mb.si>
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> "man dump" says: > > -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 particu- > larly 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). This is a hope, not current reality. ``dump -a'' is broken on -STABLE and -CURRENT. The new CAM subsystem for -CURRENT either fixes this, or promisses to fix this. -- -- David (obrien@NUXI.ucdavis.edu -or- obrien@FreeBSD.org)
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