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#! rnews 952 bsd Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in3.uu.net!news.nkn.net!news From: syntax <syntax@eramp.net> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: tar on floppy Date: Thu, 01 Aug 1996 06:55:09 -0500 Organization: National Knowledge Network Lines: 12 Message-ID: <32009B1D.167EB0E7@eramp.net> References: <320057E5.22C5@bmgsk.ada.at> NNTP-Posting-Host: dialup19.eramp.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0b5a (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.1.0-RELEASE i386) CC: alexander.hausner@bmgsk.ada.ata Alexander Hausner wrote: > > Hello Folks! > > I use tar cvf /dev/fd0 <dirname> to backup a directory on a 1.44 MB > floppy, but it does not put 1.44 MB on disk, only about 1/4 or so. > > How can I put 1.44MB on floppy? Try doing the tar to fd0.1440 syntax@eramp.net