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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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