Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!ateng!chip From: chip@ateng.com (Chip Salzenberg) Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386,comp.unix.xenix Subject: Re: Tape driver for multivolume backups? Keywords: Everex Excel Stream-60 Message-ID: <24A0487C.4540@ateng.com> Date: 22 Jun 89 02:01:31 GMT References: <208@intek01.UUCP> Organization: A T Engineering, Tampa, FL Lines: 21 [Crossposted to comp.unix.xenix since this hint is good there too.] According to mark@intek01.UUCP (Mark McWiggins): >I'm running AT&T 3.2.1 with the Everex tape driver from Enix installed. >There's apparently a bug in the driver that causes it to hang on end-of >volume, because after coming to the end of a volume on either tar or >cpio, I have to shut the machine down & reboot to be able to write to another >tape. Get the afio program from the comp.sources.unix archives. Among many features with which it renders cpio obsolete, is this one: -s size Specify volume size. When this many bytes are written, the output volume is closed and the user is prompted to insert a new volume. Afio: don't backup without it! -- You may redistribute this article only to those who may freely do likewise. Chip Salzenberg | or A T Engineering | Me? Speak for my company? Surely you jest!