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Date:      Fri, 14 Jun 2002 16:28:21 -0500
From:      Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com>
To:        David Smithson <david@customfilmeffects.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD-Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Urgent:  DTF tape drive I/O error
Message-ID:  <20020614212821.GD64898@dan.emsphone.com>
In-Reply-To: <00a101c213e8$bd1d9c50$0801a8c0@customfilmeffects.com>
References:  <20020614190728.E3AB05D04@ptavv.es.net> <004401c213d8$ef7b3cd0$0801a8c0@customfilmeffects.com> <20020614204853.GB64898@dan.emsphone.com> <00a101c213e8$bd1d9c50$0801a8c0@customfilmeffects.com>

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In the last episode (Jun 14), David Smithson said:
> I don't like that answer.  May I have an alternate answer?  Just kidding.
> Oh well.  Would I be able to have the client re-write the DTF with a 64k
> block-size?  Using MT blocksize 64 perhaps?

That would definitely work, yes.  If they're using tar, have them run
something like "tar cvb 128", which will give you 64k blocks on tape.

-- 
	Dan Nelson
	dnelson@allantgroup.com

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