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Aucbvax.3150 fa.unix-wizards utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!unix-wizards Tue Sep 15 14:47:08 1981 Runaway Dumps >From chico!esquire!psl@Berkeley Tue Sep 15 14:40:42 1981 The Kennedy 125 ips drives are famous for going into fast-wind when they are first opened and a short record is written. We also use dd for dumps (by choice) but our sequence involves opening the drive for writing and then closing it again to make sure it is writable first -- sometimes it spins off the end (then our maintenance guy comes in, swears at it and it works again).

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