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From: pierce@cantrell.tamu.edu (Pierce Cantrell)
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Subject: Gnu tar multivolume floppy disk operation
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Date: 17 May 91 15:54:24 GMT
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Has anyone gotten the multivolume feature of Gnu tar to work with the floppy  
disk? This feature works great over the network to tape, but I have been unable  
to get it to work correctly to the floppy disk.

For example, with a command like
	tar -c -v -V "Whatever" -f /Disklabel/file.tar -M
tar fills up the disk and the OS returns a file system full error message.
Then tar puts out an error message that it can't close the file. Tar next  
prints a message telling you to load the next volume. In listing the archive  
using the the -t and -v options, tar prints an error message that the second  
volume is out of order when you try to load it. Looking at that volume alone,  
you can see a continued file.

Using /dev/rfd0a or /dev/fd0a causes tar to simply give up when the disk is  
full, and tar does not prompt for a second volume.
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Pierce Cantrell                                cantrell@ee.tamu.edu
Department of Electrical Engineering        
Texas A&M University                           tel: (409) 845-7441
College Station, Texas 77843-3128              fax: (409) 845-6259