Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 13:54:32 -0800 (PST) From: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com> To: frank@exit.com Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 4.0 SCSI Tape Driver Message-ID: <199911172154.NAA00858@vashon.polstra.com> In-Reply-To: <199911160233.SAA47939@realtime.exit.com> References: <199911160233.SAA47939@realtime.exit.com>
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In article <199911160233.SAA47939@realtime.exit.com>, Frank Mayhar <frank@exit.com> wrote: > Bob Bishop wrote: > > > BUT I have to say that on principle I'm with Rod on this one: EOF > > != EOT and mixing them up is a recipe for (inter alia) finding you > > can't read back dumps when you need them. > > Not to mention the fact that the old ANSI standard for nine-track > tapes included a double EOF to indicate EOT/EOD (and the more modern > tapes _did_ have an EOT marker). Consider me another person with > extensive tape experience chiming in _against_ this idea. You can add my voice to the chorus too. John -- John Polstra jdp@polstra.com John D. Polstra & Co., Inc. Seattle, Washington USA "No matter how cynical I get, I just can't keep up." -- Nora Ephron To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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