I wrote earlier asking for help using dump with a DAT drive, and I
received replies from Steven W Orr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and
[EMAIL PROTECTED] I just wanted to thank them both for
their helpful responses.
To sum up, setting the -s option to a large enough number will let
dump think that the tape is long enough to accommodate the dump, even
with the other tape characteristics set to thier defaults. To find
the exact number will take some experimenting, but I have the idea now
anyway. FYI, Steve and Ken, my 90-meter tape "stretched" to 120000
feet (!) and fit about 1.8 Meg without running off the end.
Matthew Saltzman
Clemson University Math Sciences
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs
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