Date: Thu, 19 Dec 1996 08:04:56 +0100 (MET) From: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> To: jhs@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org (FreeBSD bugs list) Subject: Re: misc/2242: mt blocksize 512 in Release 2.1.6 install Message-ID: <199612190704.IAA26730@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <199612190007.BAA15477@vector.jhs.no_domain> from "Julian H. Stacey" at "Dec 19, 96 01:07:48 am"
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As Julian H. Stacey wrote: > > Can you please confirm that the following patch obviates the > > requirement to do an additional ``mt blocksize 512'' for the TDC3800 > > and QIC-150 tapes? > > I'll build a kernel to test it, > but I recall building a release flop is a horror story that needs CVS ? > in which case I may have trouble > creating a release type boot flop , particularly as I no longer have > a working cvs tree as its outgrown my dedicated 300 M drive , You don't need an installation floppy, since the regular kernel is affected as well. If your tape is going to stream _without_ a previous read of the tape, or `mt blocksize 512', the patch did what it's supposed to do. I assume you should also see a difference in that `mt status' reports the blocksize to be 512 if you've got a QIC-150 cartridge in the drive, where i'm pretty sure it reported 0 by now. -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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