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From: ked@garnet.berkeley.edu (Earl H. Kinmonth)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: 720k on 360k floppies
Keywords: tar xenix pdtar msdos
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Date: 8 Feb 89 17:39:51 GMT
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Reply-To: ked@garnet.berkeley.edu (Earl H. Kinmonth)
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Several people who have requested pdtar, my XENIX <==> MSDOS version
of GNU tar have expressed surprise that 360 floppies can be used at
720 K.  Here is a copy of my modified /etc/default/tar file.  The
archive4 entry causes my A (1.2 meg) drive to write at 720 K.  To
format use

format /dev/rd096ds9

I've been running 360 floppies at 720 without a single problem for
over a year.  Generally this is more cost effective than buying 1.2
meg floppies.  pdtar can read these under Messy Dos if you have to
slum.

#	@(#) tar.dfl.src 1.5 87/03/19 
#	 device     		block   size	tape
archive0=/dev/rfd048ds9		18	360	n	
archive1=/dev/rfd148ds9		18	360	n
archive2=/dev/rfd096ds15	10	1200	n
archive3=/dev/rfd196ds15	10	1200	n
archive4=/dev/rfd096ds9		18	720	n
archive5=/dev/rfd196ds9		18	720	n
archive6=/dev/rct0		20	0	y
archive7=/dev/rctmini		20	0	y
archive8=/dev/rmt0		20	0	y
archive9=./tarfile		1	0	y

E H. Kinmonth, Hist. Dept.,  Univ. of Ca., Davis Davis, Ca. 95616
916-752-1636/0776

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