From: Bas de Bakker (bas@phys.uva.nl)
Date: 03/15/93 

From: bas@phys.uva.nl (Bas de Bakker)
Subject: Re: WHY WONT' "tar -cvMPZf/dev/fd1h1200" backup my HD?  PLEASE PLEASE thanx
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1993 14:49:23 GMT

>>>>> On 13 Mar 93 11:09:00 MST, bangell@cs.utah.edu (bob angell) said:

>Try "tar -cvMZf /dev/fd1 ."

ba> this still might not work .... because it is going to want to write ALL or
ba> the information once (if > 1.44 MG) not wanting you to change floppies.

That's what the -M option is for. I use it all the time to write
multifloppy archives. Works great.

Bas.