From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Sep 21 18:57:50 1995 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id SAA09123 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 21 Sep 1995 18:57:50 -0700 Received: from who.cdrom.com (who.cdrom.com [192.216.222.3]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id SAA09118 for ; Thu, 21 Sep 1995 18:57:47 -0700 Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by who.cdrom.com (8.6.12/8.6.11) with ESMTP id SAA04532 for ; Thu, 21 Sep 1995 18:57:35 -0700 Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.9/8.6.9) id LAA26039; Fri, 22 Sep 1995 11:39:44 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199509220209.LAA26039@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Tarring to disks To: matt@abraxas.wustl.edu (Matt Massie) Date: Fri, 22 Sep 1995 11:39:44 +0930 (CST) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: from "Matt Massie" at Sep 21, 95 11:38:38 am Content-Type: text Content-Length: 845 Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Matt Massie stands accused of saying: > I have a simple question. How can I make backups to 1.44MB disks usings > tar? I would also like to filter the tar file through gzip as well in > order to reduce the number of disks that I use. -L 1440 is the option you want, in conjunction with --block-compress. > Matt Massie Note that I really don't recommend compressing your backups; if you lose one floppy, you've lost everything following it in the backup. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] My car has "demand start" -Terry Lambert UNIX: live FreeBSD or die! [[