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
I went through this problem a while ago. Turns out that the DAT drives are
helical. This means that the *effective* length of the tape is calculated
based on the density of a helical stripe on the tape multiplied by the
number of stripes that fit on the tape.
[What the hell is he talking about?]
I went through this problem a while ago. Turns out that the DAT drives are
helical. This means that the *effective* length of the tape is calculated
based on the density of a helical stripe on the tape multiplied by the
number of stripes that fit on the tape.
[What the hell is he talking
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I went through this problem a while ago. Turns out that the DAT drives are
helical. This means that the *effective* length of the tape is calculated
based on the density of a helical stripe on the tape multiplied by the
number of stripes that fit on the tape.
I
Backup gurus-
I was trying to use dump for a rudimentary backup with a 4mm DAT
drive. The drive capacity is 4-8G and the tape capacity is 2-4G (90
meters, I believe). I have about 1-2G to back up. But if I run dump
with the default settings, only a small amount of data is written
before dump
