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.

Jan