Advice Wanted: How to USE a 60 MB Tape Backup for 386 Xenix 2.3.1

[mark hilliard]

In article <1991Feb23.111719.1997 at griffin.itc.gu.oz> brad at griffin.itc.gu.edu.au (Brad Rosser) writes:
>I've come across my first Xenix system (2.3.1) with a tape cartridge
>drive.  It autoconfigures as a standard type "W" drive

Try:

place yourself in the directory that you want backed up

find . -print | cpio -ocduvmC 10240 -O/dev/rct0 -K60000

This will tell cpio that you have a 60 meg tape and it should go to the end.  
If you have more than 60 meg to backup then cpio will prompt you for a new tape.

The tape sizes:

DC600A		60 meg
DC600XTD	60 meg
DC6150		150 meg
DC6250		250 meg

Adjust your -K option for the correct tape size.
To read your tape back in drop the -o and -K commands and change the -O 
to a -I.



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