--On Wednesday, May 18, 2005 15:17:51 -0400 Eric Dantan Rzewnicki <rzewnickie 
AT rfa DOT org> wrote:
> 
> Is it normal for some dumps to go directly to tape, skipping the holding
> disk?
> 
> I see that happening sometimes, but wonder if it means I have something
> misconfigured.
> 

One thing that will cause that is if there's not enough room on the holdindisk.

Frank

-- 
Frank Smith                                      fsmith AT hoovers DOT com
Sr. Systems Administrator                       Voice: 512-374-4673
Hoover's Online                                   Fax: 512-374-4501