>>>>> "jl" == Jon Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>>> wrote the following on Wed, 2 Dec 1998 23:56:33 -0500 (EST)
jl> I just had someone add a DDS2 DAT to a remote server, and though they
jl> claim it has a DDS2 tape in it, the drive says it's using DDS1. To see if
jl> it was reporting bogus info, I made a file of 1mb from /dev/urandom, and
jl> sent 3139 copies of that file to /dev/nst0 before it told me it was out of
jl> space. That's better compression than I expeced from /dev/urandom, but
jl> seems to confirm I'm not getting 4gb native. The drive ids as:
jl> mt -f /dev/nst0 setdensity 0x24 results in:
jl> /dev/nst0: Input/output error
jl> st0: Error with sense data: extra data not valid Current error st09:00:
jl> sense key Illegal Request
jl> Additional sense indicates Invalid field in parameter list
i've the same problem. I think you need special tapes for DDS2. Please
send me info, if you get some via private mail.
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