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From: roberto@keltia.freenix.fr (Ollivier Robert)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: dump: values for DAT drive
Date: 29 Sep 1995 07:49:21 GMT
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In article <ts-2709952311260001@mac.infodirekt.com>,
Thomas Schreiber <ts@infodirekt.com> wrote:
> How do i calculate the correct DUMP values for the flags b, d and s for a
> HP 16GB (compressed) DAT drive?

Don't use them. Use the 'B' flag with the size :

    dump 0ufbB /dev/nrst0 32 1300000 /var
             ^               ^^^^^^^
Example for a 1.3 GB drive without compression. 

[ Cc: to Thomas ]
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