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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. _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.

"Obnoxio The Clown" <obnoxio@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:8s3ven$cl1$1@news.xmission.com... > 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. Ok, so, um, do these rules apply to migs and MIGS? How about pigs and PIGs or even wigs and WIGS? What if I wanted to cram pig in a WIG, would that work?