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From: kvancamp@PICA.ARMY.MIL (Ken Van Camp)
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Subject: Re:  tar
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Date: 23 Mar 89 16:08:59 GMT
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 >   If the 4D/70GTB is like the 3000's, you can't do what you're trying
 >to do.  Our documentation says that you can ONLY create an entire tape
 >at one time, you CAN'T append to a tape that already has information on
 >it.  This is very annoying.  

Yes, it is true of the 4D's as well.

 >Another annoyance is that archives can't
 >be spread over multiple tapes.

That's what SGI told me when we bought our original 3020's, but we tried
it and it worked fine.  I have restored several volumes of tapes this
way with no ill effects.  I have also tried this out on the 4D's with
no problem.

                            --Ken Van Camp 
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