Quasijarus 4.3BSD on 1600bpi magtape

From: John Willis <jwillis_at_arielusa.com>
Date: Fri Jan 24 14:37:01 2003

Do I understand this right as meaning that the files for the
First tape should be uncompressed, but the rest should remain
Compressed?



-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Sokolov [mailto:msokolov_at_ivan.Harhan.ORG]
Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 11:38 AM
To: cctalk_at_classiccmp.org
Subject: RE: Quasijarus 4.3BSD on 1600bpi magtape

Kelly Leavitt <kelly_at_catcorner.org> wrote:

> Well, I've downloaded the content, compile the compress for my UNIX
and am
> ready to write the tapes. Since I'm not using a native machine, any
tips on
> creating the tapes? I would guess from your notes that I would just
dump the
> files in binary from the computer to the tape. No headers, no special
> markers. Just file<eof>file<eof>file...

Yes, do just that. Uncompress the files going on the first tape, write
the
second tape with the compressed files as you downloaded them.

MS
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