From owner-freebsd-current Mon Nov 15 15:37:27 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from isbalham.ist.co.uk (isbalham.ist.co.uk [192.31.26.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4197B14A1A for ; Mon, 15 Nov 1999 15:37:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rb@gid.co.uk) Received: from gid.co.uk (uucp@localhost) by isbalham.ist.co.uk (8.9.2/8.8.7) with UUCP id XAA35233; Mon, 15 Nov 1999 23:37:14 GMT (envelope-from rb@gid.co.uk) Received: from [194.32.164.2] by seagoon.gid.co.uk; Mon, 15 Nov 1999 23:20:23 GMT X-Sender: rb@194.32.164.1 Message-Id: In-Reply-To: References: <199911151857.KAA15544@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 23:20:19 +0000 To: mjacob@feral.com From: Bob Bishop Subject: Re: FreeBSD 4.0 SCSI Tape Driver Cc: "Rodney W. Grimes" , current@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi, At 11:01 am -0800 15/11/99, Matthew Jacob wrote: >I repeat what I said in other mail- can you actually show me a tape drive >where what I propose really doesn't work? I have access to a few assorted drives and I'll do the experiments but don't hold your breath. BUT I have to say that on principle I'm with Rod on this one: EOF != EOT and mixing them up is a recipe for (inter alia) finding you can't read back dumps when you need them. -- Bob Bishop (0118) 977 4017 international code +44 118 rb@gid.co.uk fax (0118) 989 4254 between 0800 and 1800 UK To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message