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From: lat@snoopy.cs.vt.edu (Laurie Zirkle)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix,comp.unix.aux
Subject: parameters for TLZ04 using rdump from A/UX
Keywords: dump rdump
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Date: 19 Dec 90 16:10:32 GMT
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I finally received our TLZ04, and it seems to work pretty well under
Ultrix 4.0.  I can rdump anything from another Ultrix machine without
having to worry about the dump parameters for length.  The problem I
have run into is when rdumping from an A/UX MacII.  The rdump program on
A/UX 2.0 is not quite as robust for foreign machines as I would like.  I
can get rdump to work if I use a blocking factor of 10 from the A/UX
side, but it asks me to change tapes (and I can't believe that a 200mb
disk can use 1.2gb in tape for a dump and then ask for more!).  Can
anyone help with this?  I would really like to dump all those beasts to
this tape drive instead of having to use my one-and-only 9-track tape on
a Sequent.

Laurie Zirkle				phone: 703-231-6370
Computer Systems Engineer		internet: lat@vtopus.cs.vt.edu
Va Tech CS Dept				bitnet: lat@vtcs1
Blacksburg, VA  24061