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To: Snob Art Genre <benedict@echonyc.com>
cc: Patrick Kane <modus@echonyc.com>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
From: dkelly@HiWAAY.net
Subject: Re: tape drive redux 
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Snob Art Genre wrote:
>
> Now, I can get /dev/sd0a to dump fine; likewise /dev/sd0f.  But when I try
> to dump /usr, I get the following:
> 
> narcissus:{/home/ben}% dump 0uf /dev/rst0 /dev/sd0f
>   DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Wed Jul 30 02:58:18 1997
>   DUMP: Date of last level 0 dump: the epoch
>   DUMP: Dumping /dev/sd0f to /dev/rst0
>   DUMP: mapping (Pass I) [regular files]
>   DUMP: mapping (Pass II) [directories]
>   DUMP: estimated 1023505 tape blocks on 26.30 tape(s).
> 
> And it proceeds to dump until it runs out of room.
> 
> The thing is, this is a 4-gig tape, and it's a 2-gig drive, so something's
> not quite right here.

Use "dump 0auf /dev/rst0 /dev/sd0f". dump(8) says "a" automatically writes 
until dump gets an end-of-media message from the tape drive, then prompts 
for the next tape. Think this feature is unique to FreeBSD. I remember 
seeing discussion about which letter to use to activate its function.

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