>That's really what they're for; to end a dump before tape runs out, so you
>don't walk into the machine room and find a big reel ripped to shreds from
>going around and around after it reached the end.
>
>Doesn't matter with modern tapes. dump is really old. :-)
'Tis true. Earlier versions of dump had no idea about end-of-tape, hence
the need for those values. Newer versions of dump do know about the hardware
detection and can work with it, yet the numbers persist :-)
Thanks. Once I get other problems resolved, I should up and flying.
MB
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