Date: Wed, 11 Feb 1998 15:53:33 -0500 From: sbabkin@dcn.att.com To: jfieber@indiana.edu, jbryant@unix.tfs.net Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Sony SDT-1700 Tape won't write 4Gig Message-ID: <C50B6FBA632FD111AF0F0000C0AD71EE413291@dcn71.dcn.att.com>
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> ---------- > > On Wed, 11 Feb 1998, Ustimenko Semen wrote: > > > > > I have got Sony SDT-1700 device, but i can't get it work:( > > > It should write 4 Gig on one > > > DDS Cassete. But under 2.2.5-RELEASE write to /dev/rst0 fail > > > on near 1 Gig. > > > > 4G with compression or without? Are you using a DDS-1 or DDS-2 > tape? > > good point! > > Type Length Capacity > -------------------------------------------------------- > DDS - 60M == 1.3G native > DDS - 90M == 2.0G native, 4.0G using compression > I believe that 90M DDS-2 must be 2.0G native (and HP specified it in documentation on its DDS-2 drives) while 90M DDS is 1.3G native. I had opportunity to discover it as failed backup after ICL changed by warranty a failed DDS-2 drive to DDS drive. -SB To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe hackers" in the body of the message
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