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From: giles@nemeton.com.au (Giles Lean)
Subject: Re: dump on a DAT tape ..
Organization: Nemeton Pty. Ltd.
Message-ID: <Dro82E.AJn@nemeton.com.au>
References: <4mfon3$gib@news.simplex.nl> <4miicv$sb9@uriah.heep.sax.de>   <4nd0kh$1bm@anorak.coverform.lan> <4nlka4$1l5@uriah.heep.sax.de>
Date: Sun, 19 May 1996 21:08:37 GMT
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j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) writes:

>brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) wrote:

>(Don't tell me you won't be able to find another machine using UFS
>around. :)

I've never been successful reloading dump tapes on foreign systems.
Not to say it can't be done, but the combinations I've tried have
certainly failed.

Dump is usually considered "non portable".

Regards,

Giles
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