Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2004 13:16:31 -0400 From: "Kevin A. Pieckiel" <pieckiel+freebsd-questions@sdf.lonestar.org> To: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tape xfers topping out at 10K per transaction? Message-ID: <20041007171631.GA29001@SDF.LONESTAR.ORG> In-Reply-To: <20041007141346.GA54170@dan.emsphone.com> References: <20041007025138.GA19296@SDF.LONESTAR.ORG> <20041007032416.GK3848@dan.emsphone.com> <20041007105050.GA7349@SDF.LONESTAR.ORG> <20041007141346.GA54170@dan.emsphone.com>
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On Thu, Oct 07, 2004 at 09:13:46AM -0500, Dan Nelson wrote: > Blocksize is determined when you write the tape. If you print a > document on Letter-size paper, a person reading it can't request it in > A4-sized chunks :) :) Well, duh! I guess I was just hooked on the idea that if I were to write a regular file to the HDD in 10K chunks, I could still read it in 64K chunks. I've had a really bad week. I mistakenly applied that to tape as well. I think I knew better, but even that's debatable. Thanks.
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