On 9 Apr 1997 22:51:20 -0000  explorer@flame.org wrote:

> If our SCSI tape drivers handle end of media, (or EOT or whatever it is)
> can dump be made smarter?

FreeBSD have added '-a' to dump for this, if you want some existing
practice (or even code!).

I just specify a very large tape size and don't worry about it.

Regards,

Giles