backup procedures
Tim Evans
tkevans at fallst.UUCP
Tue Sep 27 21:01:50 AEST 1988
In article <101 at k0jfv.UUCP>, alan at k0jfv.UUCP (Al Kiecker) writes:
>
> What is cpio asking for when it gets to the end of a floppy and asks
> "If you want to go on, type device/file name when ready" ? Why can't
> it just ask you to put in a new floppy and then continue?
>
cpio is asking for the device name again here. For example, if you're
using the hi-density floppy (1.2 meg), enter:
/dev/rdsk/fd096
Or whatever you entered when you initiated the cpio. (Why someone made
this hard is a good question to consider.)
> Can tar be used?
>
Although some vendors' 'tar' allows you to specify a size for your backup
device (in blocks), uport's does _not_. Thus, if the data you're backing
up runs more than 1.2 megs (for a high-density floppy), you're out of
luck.
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