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From: Pascal.Gienger@uni-konstanz.de (Pascal Gienger) Subject: Re: dump config for an exabyte 8200 Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc References: <5h4c7q$2am$1@moek.pir.net> Distribution: world X-no-archive: yes Lines: 21 X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 unoff BETA release 960722] Message-ID: <33386ee5.0@finesse.isdn.uni-konstanz.de> Date: 26 Mar 97 00:33:41 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: pc193.isdn.uni-konstanz.de Organization: University of Constance, Germany Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!worldnet.att.net!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!newsfeed.nacamar.de!fu-berlin.de!news.belwue.de!news.uni-konstanz.de!not-for-mail Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:37724 Peter Radcliffe <2010$fribble@pir.net> wrote: : I've got an EXB-8200 that works very nicely, but I don't have the real : configs for length/density/blocksize to calculate the amount of tape : used properly (I'm using figures for a 8500 that works, but underestimates : lots) - anyone got the right figures ? Why not use a very big number of available tape blocks (more than you can put on a tape). Your drive should report correctly end-of-tape and so dump will ask for a new medium. Use something like dump 0uBf 1000000000000 /dev/rst0 /filesystem or something like this. Ok, the hint how many tapes you will need gets hosed, but that is not so a big problem for me. Pascal -- Pascal.Gienger@uni-konstanz.de |Prefix +49 7531|Fon 16074|Fax 20370 -------------| http://www.geocities.com/WestHollywood/1381/ |----+--------- Rechenzentrum| Tolles Internet, Teil I: Gestern lauerte an jeder Ecke Uni Konstanz | im Usenet ein Flame. Heute eine Beleidigungsklage.