> 
> I'm considering buying a ZIP drive as a backup device, and I was trying to
> see if the version of tar under NetBSD 1.1 supported multivolume archives
> by testing it with floppies.  I got a write error when tar tried reached
> the end of the floppy.  I used the following command to try to create a
> multivolume archive:
> 
>     tar -cmvf /dev/fd0a /etc /root netbsd
> 
> Thanks in advance.

Tar can not support multi volume archives. You should use cpio.

<mikejd@voicenet.com>
P.S. I have a ZIP drive but for the money I think the JAZZ drive is a better
deal!