Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 20:48:11 +0200 (CEST) From: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl> To: dkelly@hiwaay.net (David Kelly) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Exabyte 8500 in low density (2GB) mode... How? Message-ID: <199809301848.UAA01824@yedi.iaf.nl> In-Reply-To: <199809300129.UAA04963@nospam.hiwaay.net> from David Kelly at "Sep 29, 98 08:29:38 pm"
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As David Kelly wrote... > Karl Denninger writes: > > I don't believe an 8500 CAN write 8200 format. > > > > It can READ 8200 format, but not write it. There are differences in track > > density and head gap size, and as such I don't believe this is even > > physically possible. > > The Exabyte 850x family definitely can both read and write the 8200 low > density format. I have a bunch of TTi-branded Exabytes with alphanumeric > displays at work. The display is sorta nice to know how much is left on > the tape. But nicer for quickly identifying low density tapes. > > Another thing I can do with the TTi is override the density setting the > OS tries to use and force density and compression settings. That's handy > with FreeBSD as I haven't figured out how to control it from the FreeBSD > end. As a result all my Exabytes are on Sun and SGI systems. :-( It can be done using 'mt density'. Don't ask me what value you have to feed it, it's been 1.5 years ago I had a 8505 in my machine at work. Wilko _ ______________________________________________________________________ | / o / / _ Bulte email: wilko@yedi.iaf.nl |/|/ / / /( (_) Arnhem, The Netherlands WWW : http://www.tcja.nl ______________________________________________ Powered by FreeBSD __________ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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