tar on a floppy

From: Dimitrios Karamanlidis <karamand_at_egr.uri.edu>
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 16:19:28 -0500

Hi there:

would anyone know how to use tar to backup a number of large files (> 1.44
mb) as
multiple volumes on floppies?
tar cvf /dev/fd0c file
writes everything on the floppy and never prompts you to put another one in
the drive.
Apparently, a parameter S should take care of that but you need to know the
density
of the floppy (which I don't).

thanks a lot

Dimitrios Karramanlidis
Associate Professor
University of Rhode Island
Civil Engineering Department
Kingston, RI02881
401-874-2783
karamand_at_egr.uri.edu
Received on Thu Jan 30 1997 - 22:38:56 NZDT

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