Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 20:29:38 -0500 From: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Exabyte 8500 in low density (2GB) mode... How? Message-ID: <199809300129.UAA04963@nospam.hiwaay.net> In-Reply-To: Message from Karl Denninger <karl@Denninger.Net> of "Tue, 29 Sep 1998 14:24:41 CDT." <19980929142441.A1359@Denninger.Net>
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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. :-( -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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