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From: bph@buengc.BU.EDU (Blair P. Houghton)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix,comp.sys.dec
Subject: Re: TK50 parms for dump(8)
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Date: 3 Jan 90 17:47:41 GMT
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In article <1079@ursa-major.SPDCC.COM> dyer@ursa-major.spdcc.COM (Steve Dyer) writes:
>What are the appropriate values for density and tape length
>when invoking dump(8) using TK50's as the backup medium?
>Also, should I just use dump's default write size, or, instead,
>write to stdout piped into dd, and write to tape with a
>specified block size?

6250 and 2300 are fine, and let dump block it, or you'll forget
to tell someone about the dd and they'll come looking to
kill you six years later when they try to read that tape.

>I have to do these backups tonight (Tue, 1/2), so don't delay! :-)
>Thanks.

You lose.

Come to think of it, so do I.  I shoulda done dumps yesterday...

				--Blair
				  "Law of Least Surprise Rules!"