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Date:      Sat, 14 Mar 1998 15:58:23 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Douglas Hedges <hedges@atlantic.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Can't set TR4 tape blocksize
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980314155751.23647b-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <l0311070eb130b429ad72@[192.133.105.31]>

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On Sat, 14 Mar 1998, Douglas Hedges wrote:

> Running 2.2.5; m'board is ASUS P55T2P4S (on-board SCSI).  When querying my
> HP TR4i tape drive I get:
> 
> # mt status
> Present Mode:   Density = 0x45         Blocksize = 512 bytes
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Note the *CURRENT* mode here ..... 

> ---------available modes---------
> Mode 0:         Density = 0x00         Blocksize variable
> Mode 1:         Density = X3.136-1986  Blocksize = 512 bytes
> Mode 2:         Density = X3.39-1986   Blocksize variable
> Mode 3:         Density = X3.54-1986   Blocksize variable
> 
> 
> But when trying to set a variable blocksize I get the following:
> 
> # mt blocksize 0

Try `mt density 0' first.  See mt(8) for details.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major



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