From owner-freebsd-scsi Sun Jul 5 05:01:33 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA01633 for freebsd-scsi-outgoing; Sun, 5 Jul 1998 05:01:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from IAEhv.nl (root@iaehv.IAEhv.nl [194.151.64.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id FAA01447; Sun, 5 Jul 1998 05:00:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wjw@surf.IAE.nl) Received: from surf.IAE.nl (root@surf.IAEhv.nl [194.151.66.2]) by IAEhv.nl (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id OAA20335; Sun, 5 Jul 1998 14:00:40 +0200 (CEST) Received: (from wjw@localhost) by surf.IAE.nl (8.8.7/8.8.7) id OAA13829; Sun, 5 Jul 1998 14:00:40 +0200 (MET DST) From: Willem Jan Withagen Message-Id: <199807051200.OAA13829@surf.IAE.nl> Subject: Re: Apollo tapes (was: Variant Link implementation, continued) In-Reply-To: <19980705104647.O358@freebie.lemis.com> from Greg Lehey at "Jul 5, 98 10:46:47 am" To: grog@lemis.com (Greg Lehey) Date: Sun, 5 Jul 1998 14:00:40 +0200 (MET DST) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Reply-To: wjw@IAEhv.nl X-NCC-RegID: nl.iae X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL40 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org You ( Greg Lehey ) write: => On Saturday, 4 July 1998 at 15:28:37 +0200, Willem Jan Withagen wrote: => > In article <199807030025.TAA18925@nospam.hiwaay.net> you write: => >> In the early bad old days of DAT (more correctly known as DSS) there => >> were more problems than there should have been with one tape drive not => >> being able to read tapes from another, all other things the same. => > => > Oke, My drive is again on line: => > => > [~] wjw@digi> mt stat => > Present Mode: Density = X3B5/88-185A Blocksize variable => > ---------available modes--------- => > Mode 0: Density = 0x00 Blocksize variable => > Mode 1: Density = X3.136-1986 Blocksize = 512 bytes => > Mode 2: Density = X3.39-1986 Blocksize variable => > Mode 3: Density = X3.54-1986 Blocksize variable => > => > looking at: man mt: => > The different density codes are as follows: => > => > 0x0 default for device => > 0xE reserved for ECMA => > => > Value Tracks Density(bpi) Code Type Reference Note => > ........ => > 0x13 1 61000 DDS CS X3B5/88-185A 4 => > 0x14 1 43245 RLL CS X3.202-1991 4 => > 0x15 1 45434 RLL CS ECMA TC17 4 => > => > Which are 3 DAT formats. And thus it is a DDS-coded tape. => => This describes the tape unit, not the tape. We've already established => that it can't read the tape. => => > Anybody with more suggestions?? (other than finding the "old" tapedrive) => => Give up? Or send them to Mike? Julian suggested to change the density codes and/or the blocksize. But changing blocksizes only gets EOF errors. Changing densities doesn't generate errors, but it also does nothing else. I've still got some very old (semi-defective) DAT's which I'm going to give a shot. And perhaps go back to my old University group, to see if they still have the drive. :-( --WjW -- Internet Access Eindhoven BV., voice: +31-40-2 393 393, data: +31-40-2 606 606 P.O. 928, 5600 AX Eindhoven, The Netherlands Full Internet connectivity for only fl 12.95 a month. Call now, and login as 'new'. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message