8mm tape length for dump

[dave laplant]

In article <18999 at mimsy.UUCP>, chris at mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek) writes:
> In article <412 at h.cs.wvu.wvnet.edu> fuhrman at b.coe.wvu.wvnet.edu
> (Cris Fuhrman) writes:
> >Can anyone tell me what the length for an 8mm tape drive is
> >while using dump in SUN OS 3.5?
> 
> No.
> 
yes.

according to the documentation i receive with our 8 mm tape drive, the tape
is 346 feet long and has density of 4.4 megabits per inch. HOWEVER, the
density is higher than dump can handle, and they recommend using a size
of 6000 and a density of 54,000. this will specify the correct size.

-dave laplant (laplant at engr.wisc.edu)