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From: jy0q+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jules Andrew Yasuna)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: gtar w/ floppy(s) ?
Message-ID: <cc74YxC00WBNQ250xr@andrew.cmu.edu>
Date: 29 Apr 91 16:26:37 GMT
Organization: Metallurgy and Material Science, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
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Has anyone used gnu tar with 2.88 meg floppies ? Using the "-M" option,
supposedly multiple floppies can be used. I tried this, but instead of
prompting me to switch disks, gnu tar just quit after the first disk was
full. Here is the command I used:

tar -cvMf /dev/fd0a  {directory to be tar'ed}

Any ideas ?