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Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!uunet!know!mips2!cass.ma02.bull.com!think.com!ames!sgi!rigden.wpd.sgi.com!rpw3 From: rpw3@rigden.wpd.sgi.com (Rob Warnock) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: Tape on 386bsd... Message-ID: <q83o7rs@sgi.sgi.com> Date: 24 Sep 92 05:52:14 GMT Sender: rpw3@rigden.wpd.sgi.com Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc. Mountain View, CA Lines: 24 randy@chinet.chi.il.us (Randy Suess) writes: +--------------- | bob@obiwan.uucp (Bob Willcox) writes: | >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. +--------------- Well, you don't have to use *no* buffering, just keep it under 64 KB (I think). I have no problems with "cpio -B", which uses 5120-byte blocks, and it goes a *lot* faster than "cpio" without the "-B". ("Tar" defaults to 10240, which also works well.) -Rob ----- Rob Warnock, MS-9U/510 rpw3@sgi.com Silicon Graphics, Inc. (415)390-1673 2011 N. Shoreline Blvd. Mountain View, CA 94043