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From: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl>
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Subject: Re: EXA 8200 tape drive on FreeBSD?
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.95q.980810115920.25271P-100000@elect8> from Nick Hibma at "Aug 10, 98 12:06:08 pm"
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Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 19:37:45 +0200 (CEST)
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As Nick Hibma wrote...
>  > So, its a slightly different model, maybe with an older firmware
>  > (are firmware upgrades possible on these drives?) However, since it is a
>  > similar model, I was wondering what you do to use a tape. The tape I'm
>  > trying to use is an Exabyte 112m tape, and as I said before, I tried a 'mt
>  > erase' before using the tape.
> 
> Take a safe bet and use a 90m tape before anything else. I know that

112m he wrote..

> 160m tapes are aproblem in anything before the 8505XL drives and after
> that they were still not very reliable.

160m are not supported in 8200 drives. They might even spit 'm out

Wilko

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