[sent only to debian-user, not cross-posted to debian-devel] On Thu, 30 Oct 1997 01:30:58 GMT "Oliver Elphick" (olly@lfix.co.uk) wrote:
> I am trying to use dump to write to DAT tape (60m long); I believe the > capacity of this is something around 2Gb. Yes, about 2Gb. > dump seems to believe that the capacity is something like 45Mb and, contrary > to what the manual says, does not keep on writing to the end of the tape, but > asks for a new volume after only 45Mb. > > I tried specifying block size and number of blocks: > dump 0unfBb /dev/nst0 16000 64 /var > but this seemed to make matters worse rather than better. > > Then I tried specifying density and length: the figures are obviously outside > any range contemplated: > dump 0unfds /dev/nst0 10900932 197 > and dump refused to accept the density figure, so i had to decrease the > density and > increase the length until my input was accepted. > > Should dump be able to detect the end of a DDS tape? If so, should it not > use EOT as a marker rather than trying to calculate tape lengths when it is > not asked to do so? Yes. You probably want dump find itself the end of tape. I personnaly use: dump 0fubB $device 10 4194304 for a 90m 2GB tape without hw compression (which means it will always run to the end of tape whatever happens). Phil. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .