Date: Sat, 25 Apr 1998 15:13:09 -0700 From: Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com> To: louie@TransSys.COM, mjacob@feral.com Cc: dkelly@HiWAAY.net, freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG, Harlan.Stenn@pfcs.com Subject: Re: does CAM do this? Message-ID: <199804252213.PAA28546@feral.com>
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>> Some drives- including Exabytes- can come up in fixed block mode >> as the default. It's a property of the drive, not the tape. > >Er, so you (or more likely the tape driver) puts it into variable length block >mode? If it hurts the other way, don't do it that way? Yes. And hunt around for f/w to try and flash into the device or do a mode select with "SAVE PARAMETERS" to force it the way you like. See the mfg's manual. Good luck. Come back with your P cable in hand or around your neck. Don't leave it on the battlefield.....urp... I should really take the weekend off.. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message
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