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- From: olson@anchor.esd.sgi.com (Dave Olson)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
- Subject: Re: Tape Drive Question
- Message-ID: <prjv40k@zuni.esd.sgi.com>
- Date: 14 Sep 92 18:26:15 GMT
- References: <22345@galaxy.ucr.edu> <po39pko@zuni.esd.sgi.com> <SCOTTH.92Sep14095327@hoshi.corp.sgi.com>
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- In <SCOTTH.92Sep14095327@hoshi.corp.sgi.com> scotth@hoshi.corp.sgi.com (Scott Henry) writes:
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- | >>>>> In article <po39pko@zuni.esd.sgi.com>, olson@anchor.esd.sgi.com (Dave Olson) writes:
- |
- | olson> To put multiple archives on a single tape, just do 'mt feom' first to
- | olson> get to the end of the recorded data.
- |
- | And use the "no rewind" device, like /dev/nrtape or its kin!!
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- Not necessary (except for the mt command itself, of course, and that
- is the default), unless you want to append multiple archives at the
- 'same' time without rewinding in between. That is, a rewind is done
- on close with the rewind device, never on open.
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