Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!bellcore!tness7!killer!pollux!dalsqnt!uunet!mcvax!unido!tub!tmpmbx!csch From: csch@tmpmbx.UUCP (Clemens Schrimpe) Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix Subject: Re: SCO Xenix tape question Keywords: rct0 tape Xenix Message-ID: <874@tmpmbx.UUCP> Date: 2 Jun 88 15:33:48 GMT References: <126@bilanc.UUCP> Reply-To: csch@tmpmbx.UUCP (Clemens Schrimpe) Organization: netmbx GbR, Berlin Lines: 22 Posted: Thu Jun 2 16:33:48 1988 rab@bilanc.UUCP (Richard A. Bilancia) writes: {} Does anyone know how the standard SCO Xenix drivers treat multiple {} tape volumes? {} {} I am running an Archive FT-60 and want to backup > 60 MB but want to make {} sure that I can restore the data later. You can create an entry in /etc/default/tar, which declares a medium, capable of storing n megabytes, which is NOT a tape (yes - a lie, but that's neccessary) If tar knows about the size of the medium, to which he is writing the archive, he'll stop at the end and ask for a new tape/disk/whatever. You should normally be able to read each volume seperately! Greetings, Clemens UUCP: csch@tmpmbx (...!pyramid!tmpmbx!csch) BITNET: csch@db0tui6.BITNET csch@tub.BITNET X.25: (0262)45300043106 login: chat Password: talkmaster