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On Tue, 11 Feb 1997, Keith Leonard wrote:

> Does 2.1.7, 2.2 or 3.0 address the floppy tape backup problem any better
> than 2.1.5???  As in - can anything other than the ancient QIC 40/80
> format be used for backup using 'ft' or 'lft'??

The result is not defined.  I would say "Your mileage may vary."

To be honest, these tapes are cheap.  Go SCSI and save yourself the pain.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major