I did

tar -cyvf /boot /dev/fd0
 and 
/mnt# tar -xyvf /dev/fd0
 and it created 
/mnt/boot/
 and all the files from /boot appeared in /mnt/boot

 Next I tried
tar -cvMf /dev/fd0 /etc
 and after some floppy action, I was prompted:

"Prepare volume #2 for /dev/fd0 and hit return:"

I'd recommend running 'badblocks' on the diskettes
and using only those that report 0 bad blocks.
;-)

tar --version
tar (GNU tar) 1.13
 ...

HTH, Chuck
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