In <[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] writes:

Another $ .02 FWIW.

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> > ... The output file created by the extract program on the 3000
> > is 23GB.  ...
<snip>
> > So I suppose I can change the disc-to-tape file equate and call it
> > a labelled tape?  (last time I worked in tape and labels was on
> > MPE/V)  This would create a file of multiple tapes but I am totally
> > unclear as to what will happen when this file hits the 9000.
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Seems to me that just for recovery purposes you would want to break
up 23 GB in smaller pieces.  Murphy would tell us that the chance
of something happening with the 22nd Gig is pretty high.

I also recollect from somewhere that a tape label is just a file at
the beginning of each tape.  Seems like dd or whatever you are
using on the 9000 can just skip that first file.

Bruce.

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