zentara wrote:
>
> Melia, Tony wrote:
> >
> > I have a DLT drive I need to test, so I need to backup 30Gig of data. I
> > don't have 30G of data to backup. Is there a device file I can backup, like
> > the /dev/random or /dev/null that will seem like a large file (not just a
> > large data file made up of zero's).
> >
>
> Here's a thought if you are testing. Why not make up
> a 1 gig file, and copy it 30 times to the tape?
> Then you can retreive each copy and verify it's
> accuracy against the original.
>
> Isn't there a 2 gig limit on file size anyways?
I'm not sure, but isn't it a new glibc feature to create files with
TeraByte size.
Bernd
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