Jim, this may indeed account for what I was seeing. Even after verifying
that I had written an XF-NL tape, TAPEMAP reported 38K once I re-wrote a
label. But I verified the amount of data/length of tape was identical to
when it reported XF.
Jim Bohnsack wrote:
Aren't tape labels written at the
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Aren't tape labels written at the least common denominator that a
drive
Maybe I'm missing something obvious, but I'm trying to write to a 3480
cart using TAPE MODESET (XF. The TAPE QUERY command confirms that the
drive is capable of writing mode XF. But whatever I do, the data is
apparently being written as 38k bpi, according to both the UofK TAPEMAP
and Rich
: Friday, June 09, 2006 03:12 PM
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Subject: Tape Modeset for 3480 XF
Maybe I'm missing something obvious, but I'm trying to write to a 3480
cart using TAPE MODESET (XF. The TAPE QUERY command confirms that the
drive is capable of writing mode XF. But whatever I do, the data
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Subject: Tape Modeset for 3480 XF
Maybe I'm missing something obvious, but I'm trying
Mike Walter wrote:
UofKs TAPEMAP command is great, but badly out of date. Rich's TAPINFO
modules may fall into the same bucket?
I looked at the source for Rich's TAPINFO, and it just seems to do a SENSE to
get its info. Other info appears correct (i.e. LDPT/NLDPT, RING/NORING, etc.
Do you
On: Fri, Jun 09, 2006 at 02:45:47PM -0500,Mike Walter Wrote:
} UofKs TAPEMAP command is great, but badly out of date. Rich's TAPINFO
} modules may fall into the same bucket?
Well, it depends. :-)
I haven't touched that module in a lng time. When I last did
anything with density
Ah, that's consistent w/what I'm seeing. But the UofK TAPEMAP util
*does* differentiate I'm suspecting it may be a HW issue, I just tried
it on a different drive and it worked correctly (according to TAPEMAP).
Rich Greenberg wrote:
On: Fri, Jun 09, 2006 at 02:45:47PM -0500,Mike Walter Wrote:
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George,
Use HELP CMS TAPE ...
It's TAPE MODESET ( DEN 38K
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