From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Feb 25 14:07:38 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA07237 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 25 Feb 1998 14:07:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mag-net.com (mag-net.com [207.102.83.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA07168 for ; Wed, 25 Feb 1998 14:07:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rob@mag-net.com) Received: from mag-net.com (mag-net.com [207.102.83.2]) by mag-net.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id OAA10153; Wed, 25 Feb 1998 14:07:08 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 14:07:08 -0800 (PST) From: Rob Nelson To: Jason Hudgins cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: using dump with a DAT In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 25 Feb 1998, Jason Hudgins wrote: > > > 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.. =( Well then try using -B to specify the number of 1k blocks per volume. Once again omit length and density options as -B overrides those. You want to be conservative so you don't hit the end of media else you will get the same errors. Rob Nelson - System Administrator - Mag-Net Internet email: rob@mag-net.com voice: (250)564-6765 http://www.mag-net.com fax: (250)563-8752 smail: 2012 Pine St., Prince George, BC V2L 2C9, Canada To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message