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Date:      Thu, 7 Oct 2004 13:16:31 -0400
From:      "Kevin A. Pieckiel" <pieckiel+freebsd-questions@sdf.lonestar.org>
To:        Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Tape xfers topping out at 10K per transaction?
Message-ID:  <20041007171631.GA29001@SDF.LONESTAR.ORG>
In-Reply-To: <20041007141346.GA54170@dan.emsphone.com>
References:  <20041007025138.GA19296@SDF.LONESTAR.ORG> <20041007032416.GK3848@dan.emsphone.com> <20041007105050.GA7349@SDF.LONESTAR.ORG> <20041007141346.GA54170@dan.emsphone.com>

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On Thu, Oct 07, 2004 at 09:13:46AM -0500, Dan Nelson wrote:
> Blocksize is determined when you write the tape.  If you print a
> document on Letter-size paper, a person reading it can't request it in
> A4-sized chunks :)

:)  Well, duh!  I guess I was just hooked on the idea that if I were
to write a regular file to the HDD in 10K chunks, I could still read
it in 64K chunks.  I've had a really bad week.  I mistakenly applied
that to tape as well.  I think I knew better, but even that's
debatable.  Thanks.



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