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C. J. Kenneth Tan wrote:
No, I guess I didn't phrase my question very well. I wanted to know how to write a file to a tape spanning across more than 1 tape using 'dd'.
... In that case, You have to do the tape sizing by hand. Start dd using the option count to specify the count of blocks to write to each tape and the option skip to specify at which block to start to read from the source device or seek to give the start on the target device. For example: # Write device /dev/sda to 10MB sized tape cartridges within /dev/st0 dd if=/dev/sda bs=10240 skip=0 count=1024 of=/dev/st0; # change tape dd if=/dev/sda bs=10240 skip=1024 count=1024 of=/dev/st0; ... # Later read it back... dd of=/dev/sda bs=10240 seek=0 count=1024 if=/dev/st0; # Again, change tape dd of=/dev/sda bs=10240 seek=1024 count=1024 if=/dev/st0; ... - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e