Yes, that was the solution. Thank you. Brian Debelius wrote: > Looks like tapeinfo can be built for BSD. > > http://www.bacula.org/dev-manual/Testing_Your_Tape_Drive.html#SECTION004037000000000000000 > > > > mt -f /dev/nsa0 comp enable > > Does that do it? > > or > > http://www.bacula.org/dev-manual/Testing_Your_Tape_Drive.html#SECTION004036000000000000000 > > > > _If you have built the *mtx* program in the *depkgs* package, you can > use tapeinfo_ to get quite a bit of information about your tape drive > even if it is not an autochanger. This program is called using the > SCSI control device. On Linux for tape drive /dev/nst0, this is > usually /dev/sg0, while on FreeBSD for /dev/nsa0, the control device > is often /dev/pass2. For example on my DDS-4 drive (/dev/nst0), I get > the following: > > tapeinfo -f /dev/sg0 Product Type: Tape Drive Vendor ID: 'HP ' Product > ID: 'C5713A ' Revision: 'H107' Attached Changer: No MinBlock:1 > MaxBlock:16777215 SCSI ID: 5 SCSI LUN: 0 Ready: yes BufferedMode: yes > Medium Type: Not Loaded Density Code: 0x26 BlockSize: 0 > > > > Jason King wrote: >> I believe FreeBSD (my os) uses a command called "mt"...anyway...here >> is the output from "mt status": >> >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/ports]# mt status >> Mode Density Blocksize bpi Compression >> Current: 0x42 variable 0 0x1 >> ---------available modes--------- >> 0: 0x42 variable 0 0x1 >> 1: 0x42 variable 0 0x1 >> 2: 0x42 variable 0 0x1 >> 3: 0x42 variable 0 0x1 >> --------------------------------- >> Current Driver State: at rest. >> --------------------------------- >> File Number: 0 Record Number: 0 Residual Count 0 >> >> >> >> Looks like compression is set to 0x1...not sure what that means though >> >> Do you know what it means? >> >> jason >> >> >
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