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Article #2974tar floppy problem in 3.0
From: STOCKWELL JR JOHN W
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 22:16
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 22:16
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We have discovered an irritating thing in 3.0 that definitely didn't exist in 2.1. We transfer items between NeXT and non-NeXT UNIX based workstations a lot via tarring directly onto floppy diskettes. When you read a tar floppy on a NeXT via: tar -xvf /dev/rfd0b under 3.0, the stuff extracts ok, but it takes (FOREVER)^3 to finish (about 5 minutes vs. a few seconds under 2.1). Either something has been changed in tar, or in the critical device /dev/rfd0b. Should we be using a different device? (/dev/rfd0a definitely does not work for this, we have tried it). Any clues to speeding up this process would be appreciated. Please e-mail directly to me if you can help. Thanks in advance. John Stockwell Center for Wave Phenomena Colorado School of Mines john@dix.mines.colorado.edu
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!convex!darwin.sura.net!spool.mu.edu!agate!ames!think.com!sdd.hp.com!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!copper!slate!jstockwe From: jstockwe@slate.mines.colorado.edu (STOCKWELL JR JOHN W) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.programmer Subject: tar floppy problem in 3.0 Keywords: tar, floppy, 3.0 Message-ID: <1992Oct12.221654.21064@slate.mines.colorado.edu> Date: 12 Oct 92 22:16:54 GMT References: <1992Sep28.005028.27859@resonex.com> Distribution: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Organization: Colorado School of Mines Lines: 23