From owner-freebsd-questions Thu May 16 17:09:03 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id RAA18592 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 16 May 1996 17:09:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id RAA18585 for ; Thu, 16 May 1996 17:08:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id JAA07308; Fri, 17 May 1996 09:49:20 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199605170019.JAA07308@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: HP Tapedrive To: tom@inna.net (Thomas Arnold) Date: Fri, 17 May 1996 09:49:19 +0930 (CST) Cc: ptroot@uswest.com, jamie@inna.net, questions@freebsd.org, root@inna.net In-Reply-To: from "Thomas Arnold" at May 16, 96 04:33:44 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Thomas Arnold stands accused of saying: > > DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Thu May 16 16:19:50 1996 > DUMP: Date of last level 0 dump: the epoch > DUMP: Dumping /dev/rsd0a (/) to /dev/rst > DUMP: mapping (Pass I) [regular files] > DUMP: mapping (Pass II) [directories] > DUMP: estimated 30299 tape blocks on 0.78 tape(s). > DUMP: dumping (Pass III) [directories] > DUMP: dumping (Pass IV) [regular files] > DUMP: DUMP: 31084 tape blocks on 1 volumes(s) > DUMP: level 0 dump on Thu May 16 16:19:50 1996 > DUMP: Closing /dev/rst > DUMP: DUMP IS DONE > > > This is with a 2gig ( 90meter ) tape in drive. > > What bit of stupidity are we commiting? :-) Not telling dump how long the tape is. Its default is for a 1600bpi tape of 2300'. _theoretically_, it should run happily until it hits the end of the tape, but I'm not sure if it enforces its tape size calculations. > : Tom Arnold - No relation to Rosanne : -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[