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--- "Obnoxio The Clown" <obnoxio@hotmail.com> > wrote: >From: Carlos Benjamin <benj@firstlinux.net> >> >>--- David Kulkarni <dnk61@yahoo.com> >> > wrote: >> >I have been trying to export our database to a DLT tape drive, the data >>base is 32 GIGs but after >> >about an hour its asking me for next tape. The tape has a capacity of >>19.5 gigs....can anybody >> >tell me where I am going wrong. >> >>You're not putting in the next tape? >> >>There's a couple of problems I see here..... >> >>Your database is 32(BIG)GIGs >>Your tape is only 19.5(little)gigs >> >>Trying to put all thos BIG GIGS into little gig holes will probably stretch >>your tape all out of shape. Plus, there's more BIG GIGs in your database >>than there are little gig spaces on the tape. Now, if you had it the >>reverse, using little gigs on your database and BIG GIGs on your tape, you >>might be able to cram two or three little gigs into each BIG GIG space on >>the tape. But I don't have an answer for your particular situation. > >They say that for sarcasm to be at its most effective, it should lightly >etch a phrase, not drip from every syllable. But I think you've just proven >them wrong. Was I dripping? Sorry about the mess everyone..... == Maintainer of the procrastinator's FAQ. Well, maybe tomorrow I will be. _____________________________________________________________ Want a new web-based email account ? ---> http://www.firstlinux.net