Try tar -cvfM /dev/fd0 /home/user/[location of files].
The "f" has to be there to work.
Michelle
On Fri, 28 Apr 2000, you wrote:
> I'm trying to create a multiple volume backup onto floppy discs.
>
> Using konsole, when in root I change to the directory that contains the
> files I want to archive (I'd read you had to run tar from the directory
> where the files are). I then type in the following command:
>
> tar -cMv /dev/fd0 /home/user/[location of files]
>
>
> Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong? Is there another way/program
> to create multiple floppy archives?
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> John
