From owner-freebsd-current Mon Nov 15 15:57:32 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from feral.com (feral.com [192.67.166.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A80D514E6C for ; Mon, 15 Nov 1999 15:57:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mjacob@feral.com) Received: from semuta.feral.com (semuta [192.67.166.70]) by feral.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id PAA04608; Mon, 15 Nov 1999 15:57:50 -0800 Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 15:57:49 -0800 (PST) From: Matthew Jacob Reply-To: mjacob@feral.com To: Bob Bishop Cc: "Rodney W. Grimes" , current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD 4.0 SCSI Tape Driver In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Okay- I hear you both. What do you do with QIC drives which cannnot write 2FM then? On Mon, 15 Nov 1999, Bob Bishop wrote: > 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 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message