Re: [Dump-users] [HELP]: Dumpsize miscalculations...

[Kenneth P. <sh...@we...>]

On Fri, 30 Jun 2000 20:35:17 +0100 (IST), Chris Bradshaw wrote:

>When I run the dump command, it seems to wildly miscalulate 
>how many tapes it will need to fit my dumps. For example, it 
>tells me it needs 34.57 tapes to dump ~800Mb onto a DDS 
>SCSI tape drive. 

Dump assumes a fairly ancient tape technology. You need to override its
assumptions with the b and B options. "man dump".

Ken
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