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From: jec@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: Apollo WBAK woes
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Date: Wed, 11-Nov-87 12:35:00 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov 11 12:35:00 1987
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Nf-From: iuvax.cs.indiana.edu!jec    Nov 11 12:35:00 1987


	Is there a package that emulates "dump" on the Apollos.  The RBAK/WBAK
command set is totally inadequate for doing backups of about 3 Gigabytes.  

	Also a warning: it seems that WBAK has some bad code in it.  If you
do:

	$ wbak -dev m0 -f 1 -fid backup -vid tape1 //junk

	it will write the first tape, but after that it will as for another
tape and you should type either "unit #", "vid xxxx", or "go".

	If you type: "vid tape2" for the next tape, it will spin the tape
for a second or two and then complain about some sort of tape error and
stop your WBAK.  When this happens to the four tape or a 500MB backup, you
can imagine it is kind of a pain.  Also, it seems that anything other than
"go" or carriage return will cause this error too.

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