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From: starr@mrsvr.UUCP (Larry Starr,Mezzanine,46971,5638828)
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Subject: Re: 8mm tape length for dump
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Date: 11 Aug 89 13:11:06 GMT
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From article <412@h.cs.wvu.wvnet.edu>, by fuhrman@b.coe.wvu.wvnet.edu (Cris Fuhrman):
> Can anyone tell me what the length for an 8mm tape drive is
> while using dump in SUN OS 3.5?

I believe that what you are after is not the physical length
of the tape but a logical length.

What we are using for dump, with an 8mm Exabyte (2.2G tape) is:

   dump ds 6250 28633

Add other flags as necessary and, of course, specify your file
system, tape drive, etc.

This allows dump to calculate a capacity of 2G bytes for the tape,
I rounded down to play it safe.

Your mileage may vary.