Hi, Jerry: What version of 'tar' do you have? tar --version
Please show us your exact command line and the exact error message(s). I am guessing that your command line should be: tar -cyvMf /dev/fd0 /directory_to_be_backed_up ... tar -xyvMf /dev/fd0 ? 'y'=bz2 compression, 'z'=gzip compression What I want to know is if/how the /dev/fd0 media should be formatted. :-| Should it have a file system? ? superformat /dev/fd0u1440 ? HTH, Chuck Jerry James Haumberger wrote: > > Hello everyone -- > > Thank you for offering me various suggestions on how to possibly > get tar to make a backup archive on multiple floppies. Sorry to > say, none of the suggestions worked. > > The only result was that tar would make an archive in whatever > directory I happened to be in when creating the archive -- and > it would ignore the /dev/fd0 device. > > When I used the "M" option, nothing occurred. When I tried > adding the "z" option, I was told that multiple compressed archives > were not possible. > > When I try to use the Slackware manual command (SAMS), it messes > up the floppy -- which has to be reformatted and so on. > > The question remains: How can I back up -- with tar or any other > Slackware 3.5 program -- my 9 MBs of files from the BasicLinux > console with multiple floppies? And in compressed format? > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
