From owner-freebsd-questions Mon May 17 12:15: 6 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA47A14BD7 for ; Mon, 17 May 1999 12:15:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA11108; Mon, 17 May 1999 12:15:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 12:15:00 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: "Cambria, Mike" Cc: "'questions@freebsd.org'" Subject: Re: dump blocksize for Travan TR4? In-Reply-To: <75ADD7496F0BD211ADC000104B8846CF563044@rerun.lucentctc.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 13 May 1999, Cambria, Mike wrote: > Does anyone know optimal blocksize for use with a "Travan" TR4 4/8 Gig > cartridge? > > For now, I've used "dump 0auf /dev/nrst0 " The default is probably okay (512 bytes?). As long as it streams. > Also, mt status states that the density is 0x45, which doesn't show up on > the mt manpage. Is this something to worry about? Probably not. The density numbers are out of date anyway; 3.X interprets them properly again. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message