Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 11:49:48 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Font <font@couscous.fortdearborn.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DAT always writes short tapes Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9904201149200.1514-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990414145240.23056A-100000@couscous.fortdearborn.com>
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On Wed, 14 Apr 1999, Font wrote: > I have a FreeBSD 3.1-RELEASE system with an AHA-2940UW on it, and a > WangDAT 3400DX DDS-2 DAT tape drive (along with two 4 gig drives) hung off > of it. > > When I dump to the drive (ie, "dump -0au -f /dev/nrsa0 /home"), dump asks > me to change tapes after about 1.5 gigabytes of data has been dumped. > Since I use either 90m or 120m tapes, I've been expecting a tape change > after more than 2 or more than 4 gigabytes, respectively, depending on > the tape. But no matter what size I use, I'm always changing tapes after > 1.5 gigabytes. Hm, perhaps the tape drive is giving a false end-of-tape indicator. Try specifying the size of the tape using the B and b options instead of the a option. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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