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

[Stelian P. <po...@cy...>]

On Fri, 30 Jun 2000, Kenneth Porter 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".

Or even better, use the 'a'utomatic end of tape detection option
of dump.

Stelian.
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