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In message <Pine.NEB.3.96.980120143034.4026A-100000@master.ibmcyrix.org>you wri
te:
> I have the same drive.  The problem is that dump is dumb in detecting the
> correct size of the tape.  Here's the command that I use:  dump -0 -B
> 8000000 /dev/whatever.

Dumb is quite clever in detecting EOF/EOM, at least if you use stdout, i.e. "f 
-".  It may fail to work OK when using predetermined sizes, though.

Gruesse
       Oskar

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