From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jul 3 12:27:10 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id MAA15488 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 3 Jul 1996 12:27:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gatekeeper.fsl.noaa.gov (gatekeeper.fsl.noaa.gov [137.75.131.181]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id MAA15465 for ; Wed, 3 Jul 1996 12:27:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from emu.fsl.noaa.gov (kelly@emu.fsl.noaa.gov [137.75.60.32]) by gatekeeper.fsl.noaa.gov (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id TAA25935; Wed, 3 Jul 1996 19:27:02 GMT Message-Id: <199607031927.TAA25935@gatekeeper.fsl.noaa.gov> Received: by emu.fsl.noaa.gov (1.40.112.4/16.2) id AA099082021; Wed, 3 Jul 1996 13:27:02 -0600 Date: Wed, 3 Jul 1996 13:27:02 -0600 From: Sean Kelly To: cayford@idiom.com Cc: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <31DAC081.943@idiom.com> (message from Cayford Burrell on Wed, 03 Jul 1996 11:48:33 -0700) Subject: Re: DAT Tape Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >>>>> "Cayford" == Cayford Burrell writes: Cayford> Where do I find something that tells me what settings to Cayford> use for the dump command for 2GB DAT Tapes? The density Cayford> figures don't make sense, and I can't believe that using Cayford> "B 2000000" is really the right thing. That's what I use. Except I use all 9's. DAT drives are modern enough to signal end-of-tape, which dump will detect and ask for the next tape. -- Sean Kelly NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory kelly@fsl.noaa.gov Boulder Colorado USA http://www-sdd.fsl.noaa.gov/~kelly/