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- From: jeremy@classic.asd.sgi.com (Jeremy Higdon)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
- Subject: Re: Tape Drive Question
- Message-ID: <pru3570@sgi.sgi.com>
- Date: 15 Sep 92 00:11:52 GMT
- References: <22345@galaxy.ucr.edu> <po39pko@zuni.esd.sgi.com> <prjv40k@zuni.esd.sgi.com>
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- In article <prjv40k@zuni.esd.sgi.com>, olson@anchor.esd.sgi.com (Dave Olson) writes:
- > In <SCOTTH.92Sep14095327@hoshi.corp.sgi.com> scotth@hoshi.corp.sgi.com (Scott Henry) writes:
- >
- > | >>>>> 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!!
- >
- > 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.
-
- Unless you have really old software, like 3.1 (no, not 3.3.1, 3.1). No one is
- running anything that ancient, I presume.
-
- jeremy
-