From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jan 9 15:10:31 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id PAA16387 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 9 Jan 1996 15:10:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from vector.jhs.local (slip139-92-42-178.emea.ibm.net [139.92.42.178]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id PAA16322 Tue, 9 Jan 1996 15:09:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by vector.jhs.local (8.7.3/8.6.9) with SMTP id LAA00852; Tue, 9 Jan 1996 11:52:10 +0100 (MET) Message-Id: <199601091052.LAA00852@vector.jhs.local> X-Authentication-Warning: vector.jhs.local: Host localhost [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: Michael Smith cc: uhclem@nemesis.lonestar.org (Frank Durda IV), chuck@fang.cs.sunyit.edu, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A few NITS about SCSI Tapes Reply-To: "Julian H. Stacey" Organization: Vector Systems Ltd. (Internet Unix & C Consultants) Address: Holz Strasse 27d, 80469 Munich, Germany Phone: +49.89.268616 Fax: +49.89.2608126 (pending reconfig) Web: http://www.freebsd.org/~jhs/ Mailer: EXMH version 1.6.5 95 12 11 In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 07 Jan 1996 17:56:20 +1030." <199601070726.RAA19955@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Date: Tue, 09 Jan 1996 11:52:08 +0100 From: "Julian H. Stacey" Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Hi, Reference: > From: Michael Smith > > I'd be inclined to unlock on rewind; it makes little or no sense to be > able to eject a partially-wound tape. It does when you'r in a rush to leave an office after tape write, rewind can be done later on the next drive you read on, (just dont touch the media inbetween times). Julian -- Julian H. Stacey jhs@freebsd.org http://www.freebsd.org/~jhs/