Mike Castle wrote:
> On Thu, May 24, 2001 at 10:26:07PM -0400, Hactar wrote:
> > On Thu, 24 May 2001, Mike Castle wrote:
> >
> > > On Thu, May 24, 2001 at 09:24:33PM -0400, Doug Ledford wrote:
> > > > FILES
> > > > /dev/st* : the auto-rewind SCSI tape devices
> > > > /dev/nst* : the non-rewind SCSI tape devices
> > >
> > >
> > > In general, is there a way to have a "non-rewind" disk device? I know it
> > > doesn't make sense... but... I was thinking things like removable drives (OB
> > > scsi: zip disks on ppa ;-), where one might want to place another tar at
> > > the end of a previous one.
> >
> > "tar -A" does not do what you want?
>
>
> Not if you really want separate "files."
>
> Not if you're using dump/restore (which is really what I was thinking, but
> typed the wrong thing).
What's wrong with putting a filesystem on the zipdisk?
Roger.
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