zentara wrote:

Melia, Tony wrote:

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I have a DLT drive I need to test, so I need to backup 30Gig of data. I don't have 30G of data to backup. Is there a device file I can backup, like the /dev/random or /dev/null that will seem like a large file (not just a large data file made up of zero's).

Here's a thought if you are testing. Why not make up a 1 gig file, and copy it 30 times to the tape? Then you can retreive each copy and verify it's accuracy against the original.

Isn't there a 2 gig limit on file size anyways?

I'm not sure, but isn't it a new glibc feature to create files with TeraByte size. Bernd - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>