ma175xab@sdcc3.UUCP (Rob Brunner) (10/10/85)
Can someone answer a question for me? How many blocks can be stored on a floppy with the 3B2/300? I'm not using the sysadm menu (could manually scribe the info in that amount of time), and I'm not mounting a file system. I'm just using: find . -print | cpio -ocvm > /dev/diskette to backup entire directories (directories of dbase files) on a daily basis. What is the limit on the number of blocks that can be stored on DD, DS, 96TPI floppies? how about 48TPI's? Thanks in advance. Rob Brunner ..!sdcsvax!sdcc3!ma175xab
randy@chinet.UUCP (Randy Suess) (10/13/85)
In article <3018@sdcc3.UUCP> ma175xab@sdcc3.UUCP (Rob Brunner) writes: > > Can someone answer a question for me? How many blocks > can be stored on a floppy with the 3B2/300? 1422 blocks (USING YOUR AT&T XM page 6-81) > find . -print | cpio -ocvm > /dev/diskette You shud be doing a '> /dev/rSA/diskette' as that will prompt you for another media when the one fills up. That way, you won't have to worry bout how much will fill a diskette. Just format up a trillion before hand and start feeding them in. .. that's the biz, sweetheart... Randy Suess chinet - Public Access UN*X (312) 545 7535 (h) (312) 283 0559 (system) ..!ihnp4!chinet!randy
larry@kitty.UUCP (Larry Lippman) (10/26/85)
> Can someone answer a question for me? How many blocks > can be stored on a floppy with the 3B2/300? 1422 512-character blocks counting the boot partition is the theoretical maximum for the 96TPI drive > What is the limit on the number of > blocks that can be stored on DD, DS, 96TPI floppies? see above > how about 48TPI's? Apparently that option does not exist As an aside, the 3B2 System Administration Manual says the diskette should be set with 192 inodes when using `mkfs'. That is just a nice arbitrary number, and in fact you can mkfs any number of inodes you want with no problem. You will, of course, lose free blocks as additional inodes are allocated. === Larry Lippman @ Recognition Research Corp., Clarence, New York === === UUCP {decvax,dual,rocksanne,rocksvax,watmath}!sunybcs!kitty!larry === === VOICE 716/741-9185 {rice,shell}!baylor!/ === === FAX 716/741-9635 {AT&T 3510D} syr!buf!/ === === TELEX 69-71461 ansbak: ELGECOMCLR {via WUI} ihnp4!/ === === === === "Have you hugged your cat today?" ===