Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2005 15:09:15 -0000 From: "Tim Greening-Jackson" <tim.greeningjackson@ntlworld.com> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: backups spanning tapes help Message-ID: <20051226150907.XFZZ774.aamta12-winn.ispmail.ntl.com@tordella> In-Reply-To: <20051226130206.M64642@bmyster.com>
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I believe you should use the "M" flag. # tar cvfM /dev/foo . or some such. But that was a long time ago, on an operating system far away. > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- > questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Brent > Sent: 26 December 2005 13:05 > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: backups spanning tapes help > > We use a freebsd box that has a old 8mm library drive attached that we use > for > backups..my question is these tapes hold 7gigs native or 14 gig compressed > ..One i cant seem to get compression going so i was wondering how do you > span > tapes using tar ? Unless theres another way to do this > > thank you for your help & Merry Christmas > > -- > Brent Bailey CCNA > Bmyster LLC > > > --RIP Brother Dime-- > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions- > unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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