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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
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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

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