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From: randy@chinet.chi.il.us (Randy Suess)
Subject: Re: Tape on 386bsd...
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Organization: Chinet - Public Access UNIX
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Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1992 13:36:12 GMT
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In article <BuyHwy.Fn@obiwan.uucp> bob@obiwan.uucp (Bob Willcox) writes:
>I have experienced what may be a similar problem on my system.  I have a
>Wangtek 5150EQ (QIC-02 controller) that appears to write tapes okay but
>when I try to read back the tape (or a tape written by another system)
>it appears to be missing the first 2KB of each block read.  (I was using
>a buffer size of 2MB as I recall).  

	I am pretty sure this is a FAQ.  Do NOT use any buffering.
	just tar cf /dev/wt0 and cpio -oc > /dev/wt0.  There is a
	reason for this, but I can't find my notes.  It is slow, 
	but works.  I back up 3 different 386BSD system all the time,
	one to a qic120, one to a qic150 (both wangtek) and one
	over the network.  They all restore fine as long as no
	buffering is use.

-- 
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	Who is this dog meat who stands before me now?
	That's the biz, sweetheart.
Randy Suess					 randy@chinet.chi.il.us