From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Mar 19 04:02:59 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id EAA24028 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 19 Mar 1996 04:02:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from who.cdrom.com (who.cdrom.com [204.216.27.3]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id EAA23980 for ; Tue, 19 Mar 1996 04:02:22 -0800 (PST) Received: from gw.muc.ditec.de (gw.muc.ditec.de [194.120.126.3]) by who.cdrom.com (8.6.12/8.6.11) with ESMTP id EAA25558 for ; Tue, 19 Mar 1996 04:02:11 -0800 Received: from tartufo.muc.ditec.de (tartufo.muc.ditec.de [134.98.18.2]) by gw.muc.ditec.de (8.6.11/8.6.9) with SMTP id MAA09894; Tue, 19 Mar 1996 12:59:03 +0100 Received: by tartufo.muc.ditec.de (/\=-/\ Smail3.1.16.1 #16.39) id ; Tue, 19 Mar 96 13:01 MET Message-Id: Date: Tue, 19 Mar 96 13:01 MET From: me@tartufo.muc.ditec.de (Michael Elbel) To: root@tad.cetlink.net Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HP 35480A help needed Newsgroups: lists.freebsd.questions References: <199603190130.UAA19252@tad.cetlink.net> Reply-To: me@gw.muc.ditec.de X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #1 (NOV) Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In lists.freebsd.questions you write: >Hi, > I've got an HP35480A DAT connected to my machine and I can read >and write to 90m tapes without a problem. However, when I try and insert >a 120m tape, it spits it back out at me. What is the recommended switch >settings for this drive to use 120 meter tapes and work well with amanda? >Can anyone enlighten me? Many thanks in advance! Since the HP35480A is a DDS-1 drive, it won't read/write 120 meter tapes. You need a HP C1533A for that. I've not managed to write 60 and 90 meter tapes on one of these under FreeBSD though although it *should* work. Michael -- Michael Elbel, DITEC, Muenchen, Germany - me@muc.ditec.de Fermentation fault (coors dumped)