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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!in2.uu.net!news.iadfw.net!usenet From: "Alan E. Ross" <aross@convex.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: More dump woes with 2.0 BSDI Date: 15 Aug 1995 13:16:12 GMT Organization: Convex Computer Corp. Lines: 22 Message-ID: <40q6ms$k79@news.iadfw.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: dal04-18.ppp.iadfw.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1 (Windows; U; 16bit) OK. I got a couple of dump options that I am using with my DAT ( 4mm ) SCSI tape. What I would like to do is stack multiple dumps on the same tape. It initially *appears* as though dump is causeing the tape to rewind prior to doing any writes, no matter what device I use. I have used /dev/rst0 and /dev/nrst0. I have also tried to mt rew, then fsf 1/2 to EOT, then do the next dump. No matter what I have tried, after the dumps, I do a rewind and a restore -i and I always have the last dump performed on the front of the tape. HELP!?!?!?! How can I get better control over my tape? I already found a bug with mt status not working on the SCSI DAT, so I have no idea where the tape is actually at. I have RTFM'd the dump man page and do not see any options that are apropriate. Any ideas would be appreciated. With a 4mm tape, it is a shame to only be able to stick 1 dump of / on it. :-( Thanks, Alan Ross