> From owner-amiga@NetBSD.ORG Tue Oct 11 02:38:10 1994
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   > To: "NetBSD Amiga" <amiga@NetBSD.ORG>
   > From: "Matthias Scheler" <tron@lyssa.owl.de>
   > Date: Mon, 10 Oct 94 17:58:12 +0100
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   > Subject: Tar Multi Volume on /dev/fd0
   > Organization: Amiga User Group of the University Paderborn
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   > 
   > 	Hi,
   > 
   > I tried to write the kernel sources to disk with "tar cvMf /dev/fd0a src"
   > today. After the first disk was full tar didn't ask for a second one but
   > continued to write into nirvana.
   > 
   > Bug in tar or the floppy driver ?
   > 
   > I'm using NetBSD 1.0 Beta (NOT release 2).
   > 
   > -- 
   > Matthias Scheler
   > tron@lyssa.owl.de
   > 
   > 

Well,

you should probably tell tar the size of one diskette ...
Can't remember the flag but you give it 880 and it will ask
new volume after 880K have been written.
Note that you cannot use compression while doing multiple volume
tar.

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