RE: tar backup ok but restore errors w/ scsi dat dds2

From: Ken Walker (ken.walker_at_manchester.ac.uk)
Date: 09/29/05

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Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 11:53:36 +0100

    File system limits don't apply to tape drives because there seen by the
    system as a black hole, it's a serial stream rather than a file system. Your
    only limit is the capacity of the drive.

    :o)

    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: Ralph Eagle [mailto:ralph@kubinski.com]
    > Sent: 27 September 2005 2:28pm
    > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
    > Subject: Re: tar backup ok but restore errors w/ scsi dat dds2
    >
    >
    > >
    > > you're not hitting the 2Gb limit (with some tar) are you?
    > >
    >
    > Nope... while trying to debug the problem, I've been using
    > groups of files
    > in the 2 to 10 MB range. And, when I put the card and tape
    > drive into the
    > other boxes (SCO 486 and Linux PII) I used the same set of
    > data for testing.
    >
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