Hi Bill -- You said: > One thing to think about is the blocksize. If you've run "mt -f > /dev/st0 setblk 0" (which is good for reading tapes written by SunOS > and AIX I have found) you won't be able read tapes written with the > default block size (whatever that is) and vice-versa.
> I haven't done any performance tests to compare the effects of > different block sizes but would be interested to hear from others > who have (I use tar for backups). I have tried a lot of blocksizes and reboots between them with no difference (or improvement). Give tob or afio directly a whirl (if you have time). I know I've got a sick 9 GByte disk drive (and we're going to the doctor tomorrow), and it's not clear whether or not my tape problems are related. In any case, it's awfully curious why I am not having problems with tar but do have awful problems with afio on the same (350 MByte) directory. Cheers, Susan
