Re: tar for "full" floppy backup?

[Chuck Gelm <nc8q@gelm.net>]

 Hi, Jerry:

 What version of 'tar' do you have?
tar --version

 Please show us your exact command line 
  and the exact error message(s).

 I am guessing that your command line should be:

tar -cyvMf /dev/fd0 /directory_to_be_backed_up
 ...
tar -xyvMf /dev/fd0

?
'y'=bz2 compression, 'z'=gzip compression

 What I want to know is if/how the /dev/fd0 media
  should be formatted.  :-|  Should it have a file system?
? superformat /dev/fd0u1440 ? 

HTH, Chuck

Jerry James Haumberger wrote:
> 
> Hello everyone --
> 
> Thank you for offering me various suggestions on how to possibly
> get tar to make a backup archive on multiple floppies.  Sorry to
> say, none of the suggestions worked.
> 
> The only result was that tar would make an archive in whatever
> directory I happened to be in when creating the archive -- and
> it would ignore the /dev/fd0 device.
> 
> When I used the "M" option, nothing occurred.  When I tried
> adding the "z" option, I was told that multiple compressed archives
> were not possible.
> 
> When I try to use the Slackware manual command (SAMS), it messes
> up the floppy -- which has to be reformatted and so on.
> 
> The question remains:  How can I back up -- with tar or any other
> Slackware 3.5 program -- my 9 MBs of files from the BasicLinux
> console with multiple floppies?  And in compressed format?
> 
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