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Date:      Sun, 15 Mar 1998 13:33:00 -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.3.96.980315133224.24988K-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <l0311070db131c01b1429@[192.133.105.31]>

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On Sun, 15 Mar 1998, Douglas Hedges wrote:

> At 3:58 PM -0800 3/14/98, Doug White wrote:
> 
> [...]
> 
> >Try `mt density 0' first.  See mt(8) for details.
> 
> BTDT. As you see ...
> 
>  # mt status
> 
> Present Mode:   Density = 0x00         Blocksize = 512 bytes
> Mode 0:         Density = 0x00         Blocksize variable

Okay, I guess... 

> Mar 15 12:22:50 redphone /kernel: st0(ahc0:4:0): ILLEGAL REQUEST asc:26,0
> Invali
> d field in parameter list

Maybe your tape doesn't like alternate blocksizes after all. :-/

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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