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Date:      Tue, 5 May 1998 19:27:15 -0500
From:      "J.A. Terranson" <sysadmin@mfn.org>
To:        "Abraham J. Stephens" <stephea@aasis.albany-academy.org>, "'Doug White'" <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
Cc:        "questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: Colorado 120 QIC tape drives.
Message-ID:  <01BD785B.D013D680@PresidentClintonsLawyer.UnitedStatesArmy.NET>

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When doing this I get 
	DUMP: bad sblock magic number
	DUMP: The ENTIRE dump is aborted.

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> Could anyone provide instructions for backing up with a QIC 80 tape drive.
> how do I format tapes? then how do I use them?

You shouldn't have to format the tapes, just pipe dump to /dev/rft and off
you go.

See the ft man page for details.


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