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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!newsfeed.direct.ca!op.net!news.mathworks.com!news.sprintlink.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-pull.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-stk-11.sprintlink.net!news.rain.net!news.teleport.com!not-for-mail From: julie@foss.com (Julie Schneider) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Need larger dump tape length/block size for 2GB 4mm DAT Date: Thu, 02 Jan 1997 17:49:28 GMT Organization: Teleport - Portland's Public Access (503) 220-1016 Lines: 25 Sender: -yp- @pnw.foss.com Message-ID: <5ags44$kpf$1@nadine.teleport.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: pnw.foss.com X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:33447 Hi all, I'm using FreeBSD 2.0 with dump and an Archive Python 2330 2 GB 4mm DAT/Adaptec 2940UW. I'm backing up /, /var and /usr with 3 separate dump commands. / and /var backup just fine, but /usr wants 3.5 tapes, even though it's taking up just 3.5 MB. Here's the command I'm using: dump 0udsf 61000 295 /dev/nrst0 /dev/rwd0s1f Here are the messages I'm getting: Dump: estimated 297737 tape blocks on 3.25 tapes Dump: change volumes: mount volume #2 Dump: fopen on /dev/tty fails: Device not configured Is there a longer tape length/larger block size I could be using to fit this all on one tape? Any suggestions appreciated. Thanks. Julie Schneider Foss Maritime julie@foss.com