"Floppy tape"
Mariusz Stanczak
Mariusz at fbits.ttank.com
Mon Feb 18 10:30:52 AEST 1991
Having recently accuired a tape backup unit (thanks Vince),
I have the following quiestions:
- what is the size of one "segment" (23MB/6/254 not
integer size)?
- has anyone created a standalone boot floppy with
a configuration that would permit the use of the
tape unit? What would that entail if I were to
create one?
- even with large blocking (256KB is the largest
I could enter to `gtar') the unit does not seem
to "stream" for long... it's runs more like a saw,
forth and back. Is that it's "beauty"? This be-
havior makes it VERY slow (though I appreciate
having the ability to "compress"-backup the whole
44MB on one cart :-)). Any work-arounds (`dbuf'
does help some, but not enough)?
Thanks to all,
-Mariusz
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