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Re: dump using rmt
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Grant Beattie)
Mon Aug 25 06:40:03 1997
To: Grant Beattie <gb@aus.ml.org>
cc: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
In-reply-to: <199708250516.PAA26971@home.mariah.net.au>
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 1997 20:38:35 +1000
From: Grant Beattie <gb@aus.ml.org>
Grant Beattie writes:
> I have an exabyte tape drive attached to a sparc running Linux 2.0.30.
> I can use tar etc perfectly, but would like to use dump to backup
> my server. the server is a PC running Linux and has no scsi controller
> so moving the drive is out of the question.
okay, fixed that problem .. now the problem is that it thinks that 13mb is
going to take up 0.41 tapes - obviously not right.
the drive is an EXABYTE EXB-8200, and I am using 367ft tapes.
If anyone can help, it would be much appreciated.
grant
