From owner-freebsd-scsi Wed Feb 3 12:21:07 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA15885 for freebsd-scsi-outgoing; Wed, 3 Feb 1999 12:21:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from sax.sax.de (sax.sax.de [193.175.26.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA15866 for ; Wed, 3 Feb 1999 12:21:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from j@uriah.heep.sax.de) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by sax.sax.de (8.8.8/8.8.8) with UUCP id VAA04957 for freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG; Wed, 3 Feb 1999 21:20:56 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from j@uriah.heep.sax.de) Received: (from j@localhost) by uriah.heep.sax.de (8.9.1/8.9.1) id VAA04360; Wed, 3 Feb 1999 21:05:28 +0100 (MET) (envelope-from j) Message-ID: <19990203210527.32244@uriah.heep.sax.de> Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 21:05:27 +0100 From: J Wunsch To: freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SCSI Tape Drives... Reply-To: Joerg Wunsch References: <199902031801.KAA15774@salsa.gv.tsc.tdk.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88 In-Reply-To: <199902031801.KAA15774@salsa.gv.tsc.tdk.com>; from Don Lewis on Wed, Feb 03, 1999 at 10:01:00AM -0800 X-Phone: +49-351-2012 669 X-PGP-Fingerprint: DC 47 E6 E4 FF A6 E9 8F 93 21 E0 7D F9 12 D6 4E Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org As Don Lewis wrote: > What's the wisdom these days about using different tape types? The > manufacturers used to recommend against this because the different > tape types would create different head wear patterns. I seem to remember a small sheet of paper saying it's not recommended to mix basic-length and extended-length tapes. So far, i've ignored it, and the drive already lasted longer than any helical-scan one i've seen so far (and which has also been used on a daily basis). -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message