Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 16:01:21 -0600 (CST) From: Jason Hudgins <jason@www.dancooks.com> To: Rob Nelson <rob@mag-net.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: using dump with a DAT Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980225160028.21439A-100000@www.dancooks.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.980225134824.8415B-100000@mag-net.com>
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> > I have a Seagate DAT that I've been dumping backups too. The DAT is > > supposed to have a 4 gig capacity (uncompressed) when writing to a 120m > > tape. Can anyone PLEASE tell me the proper density/tape length to get > > 4 gigs out of this thing? So far I've been using a density of 61000 and a > > length of 6000, which will store about 2 gigs..and works fine, but I > > REALLY need to get 4 gigs out of it...or at least 3. > > Try using the -a option and drop the length and density options. If your drive > reports EOM properly it should work just fine. I've tried that.. it doesn't work.. it just hits the end of the tape and the bugs out with write errors.. =( To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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