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On Tue, Dec 14, 1999 at 10:20:08PM +0100, Kurt Huwig wrote: > With Linux, it gives the number of 1024k-Blocks on the tape. IMHO, it > should read > > $rc = 0xffff & system("dump -0Bf $size $tape $part"); ... > system("cp -p $dbdir/* $dumpdir"); > > Maybe this should read > > system("cp -ax $dbdir/* $dumpdir"); Thanks, I updated the tape.pl script. > Something different: > 1. The documentation says nothing about not being allowed to name the > backup-Partition "backup"; it seems as if you need two partitions, say > 'backup' and 'backup1' with 'backup1' being in vicetab. Ehh, I'd like to add a section to the HOWTO on backups at some point. I've almost but given up on trying to keep the Coda-manual up-to-date. > 2. The 'vice-setup' scripts says asks for a serverid with 0 < serverid < > 255, but somewhere hidden in the docs is the information 128 < serverid > < 255, so this should be updated. Actually, it is any 8-bit number (0-255) except for 0, 255 (-1), and 127 (replicated volume identifier). Hopefully we will one day get rid of these weird numbers. I've updated vice-setup-scm to say: Enter an id for this server. The serverid should be a number between 0 and 255 *avoid 0, 127, and 255* serverid: ... > Kurt Thanks for the excellent feedback. JanReceived on 1999-12-14 17:23:40