saving directories when they don't fit on 1 tape

[A. Lester Buck]

In article <81 at olsa99.UUCP>, mje at olsa99.UUCP (Mark J Elkins) writes:
> What guarantee do we have that all 600 ft tapes really have at least
> 600 ft of tape on them?

Even with a 600+ ft tape, given enough write errors and extended
inter-record gaps, one can still run out of tape.  So we have no guarantee
that a fixed amount of data will fit on any given tape.

Somehow we muddle through...


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A. Lester Buck		...!texbell!moray!siswat!buck