>Number:         2216
>Category:       port-amiga
>Synopsis:       tar cannot find end-of-volume
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    gnats-admin (GNATS administrator)
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Mar 14 05:05:03 1996
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Christian Bauernfeind &
>Organization:
>Release:        1.1
>Environment:
Amiga 3000T
System: NetBSD fortress 1.1A NetBSD 1.1A (FORTRESS) #2: Sat Mar 9 14:29:11 MET 1996 root@fortress:/local/sys/arch/amiga/compile/FORTRESS amiga


>Description:

On the Amiga port, tar doesn't recognize that a disk is full.
(dd however does.)

>How-To-Repeat:

tar cf /dev/fd0a /
or 
tar cMf /dev/dsk/fd0a /

>Fix:

Use the -L option to tell tar the length of a disk:

tar cvLf 880 /dev/fd0a /
--
Christian Bauernfeind <chrisbfd@theorie3.physik.uni-erlangen.de>

You make a grown man cry...
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