Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!pilchuck!amc-gw!intek01!mark
From: mark@intek01.UUCP (Mark McWiggins)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386
Subject: Re: How to make the tape streamer stream
Keywords: tape, performance, 386
Message-ID: <256@intek01.UUCP>
Date: 13 Jun 90 20:28:07 GMT
References: <1990Jun6.205939.26972@virtech.uucp> <785@mwtech.UUCP> <789@mwtech.UUCP>
Organization: Integration Technologies Inc. (Intek), Bellevue WA
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martin@mwtech.UUCP (Martin Weitzel) writes:


>So you may either look for some PD backup program that does multi-
>buffering ...

Get afio from UUNET or elsewhere.  I use:

	afio -o -c 22 -f -s 59m  /dev/rmt/c2s0

and it streams like crazy.

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