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Date:      Fri, 27 Mar 1998 13:04:17 +1030
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To:        Joe McGuckin <joe@via.net>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: HP 1554A supported ?
Message-ID:  <19980327130417.10715@freebie.lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <199803270206.SAA09962@monk.via.net>; from Joe McGuckin on Thu, Mar 26, 1998 at 06:06:09PM -0800
References:  <199803270206.SAA09962@monk.via.net>

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On Thu, 26 March 1998 at 18:06:09 -0800, Joe McGuckin wrote:
>
> Does the st driver support selecting the various compression/density
> options of this DAT drive (12G native, 24G compressed)

Theoretically, yes.  In practice, you need to know how the density
code.  This area needs more work.

I'd suggest that you set up your drive for compression.  It will still
read uncompressed tapes, but why waste 12 GB when writing a tape?

Greg

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