[ On Monday, June 14, 1999 at 09:16:55 (+1000), Simon Burge wrote: ]
> Subject: Re: non-512-byte-sector devices vs. UBC 
>
> Could NetBSD ever mount a filesystem off a tape device?  ISTR that
> something (Ultrix?) did for it's tape install, and that it was through
> the block device...

AT&T UNIX did that on the 3B2 with the "floppy" QIC-02 drive.  I created
a filesystem and (eventually) mounted it just for fun once, but it
wasn't any fun at all -- I had to close the door on my office so the
noise of the tape drive didn't keep me awake while the mkfs ran!  ;-)

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