Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 14:11:23 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu>, FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: WangDat 3100 SCSI tape Message-ID: <19980810141123.H11095@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.00.9808092250230.20340-100000@picnic.mat.net>; from Chuck Robey on Sun, Aug 09, 1998 at 10:53:16PM -0400 References: <Pine.BSF.4.00.9808092250230.20340-100000@picnic.mat.net>
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On Sunday, 9 August 1998 at 22:53:16 -0400, Chuck Robey wrote: > I have the unit in the subject line, and I'm trying to get it working. > Does anyone know if it has a preference for a particular density and > blocksize? Not that I know of. > Also, using mt, how does one go about formatting a tape? You don't. > So far, in experimenting (using mt and tar) I've been completely > unsuccessful. I've been using /dev/rst0ctl.0 to set defaults, but > nothings working yet. Appreciate any help ... I have no idea where this > guy came from, so I can't go back to the vendor. What's the problem? You don't need to format the tape, just tar to it. What happens when you do that? Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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