ked@garnet.berkeley.edu (Earl H. Kinmonth) (02/09/89)
Several people who have requested pdtar, my XENIX <==> MSDOS version
of GNU tar have expressed surprise that 360 floppies can be used at
720 K. Here is a copy of my modified /etc/default/tar file. The
archive4 entry causes my A (1.2 meg) drive to write at 720 K. To
format use
format /dev/rd096ds9
I've been running 360 floppies at 720 without a single problem for
over a year. Generally this is more cost effective than buying 1.2
meg floppies. pdtar can read these under Messy Dos if you have to
slum.
# @(#) tar.dfl.src 1.5 87/03/19
# device block size tape
archive0=/dev/rfd048ds9 18 360 n
archive1=/dev/rfd148ds9 18 360 n
archive2=/dev/rfd096ds15 10 1200 n
archive3=/dev/rfd196ds15 10 1200 n
archive4=/dev/rfd096ds9 18 720 n
archive5=/dev/rfd196ds9 18 720 n
archive6=/dev/rct0 20 0 y
archive7=/dev/rctmini 20 0 y
archive8=/dev/rmt0 20 0 y
archive9=./tarfile 1 0 y
E H. Kinmonth, Hist. Dept., Univ. of Ca., Davis Davis, Ca. 95616
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