Re: Tape Backup And Block Size

1999-01-18 Thread Gary L. Hennigan
"Chris Hoover" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: First, it'd help if you wrapped the lines in your posts. Those long lines make it look like crap in a lot of newsreaders. | Does anyone know how to find out what the proper block size is for a | tape drive? I have an Exabyte 8200 scsi tape drive (8mm 2

Tape Backup And Block Size

1999-01-18 Thread Jameson Burt
I too have an Exabyte 8200. Mine works, so I mention what I do, avoiding working with an actual blocksize. I sent this almost verbatim to another person on December 31, 1998. Over the years, Exabyte has sold about 1 million tape drives, so there are many on the market used, including the 8200 whic

Tape Backup And Block Size

1999-01-18 Thread Chris Hoover
Does anyone know how to find out what the proper block size is for a tape drive? I have an Exabyte 8200 scsi tape drive (8mm 2.5 gig), that I bought used with no documentation. I've looked at the exabyte home page, but did not see any mention of block size. I've tried to backup with dump, but