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- From: dav@gtc.com (David L. Markowitz)
- Subject: Re: how to copy boot-tapes
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.191823.4273@gtc.com>
- Organization: Genisco Technology Corp.
- References: <VG38MNB@harvey.in-berlin.de> <70015@cup.portal.com>
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- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 19:18:23 GMT
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- thad@cup.portal.com (Thad P Floryan) writes:
-
- >Get my tprobe program from the comp.sources.3b1 archives. It's the only
- >program that will copy the boot tapes properly.
-
- As the author of tapecv, I take exception to that remark. There are
- many programs floating around with the capability to copy boot tapes,
- including tapecv and copytape.
-
- Each has its own advantages; for example tapecv requires no disk space,
- but instead requires two tape drives, either of which may be remote
- across the network.
-
- Copytape (I believe) requires only one drive, but requires enough disk
- space to store the entire tape.
-
- Tapecv is not in any current FTP archive site I know of, but if someone
- would volunteer to archive it I would be happy to send it to them.
-
- --
-
- David L. Markowitz
- Solaris Systems Division - Genisco Technology Corporation
- dav@gtc.com
-