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From: tweten@wilbur.nas.nasa.gov (Dave Tweten)
Subject: Re: QIC 150 density
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In article <char76O00VBL0UsUx2@andrew.cmu.edu> Timothy J Kniveton <tim+@CMU.EDU> writes:
>what should i set the density to on my QIC 150 drive?  st status gives
>me: 
>
>Present Mode:   Density = 0x00, Blocksize = 512 bytes
>---------available modes----------
>Mode 0:         Density = 0x00, Blocksize = 0 bytes
>Mode 1:         Density = 0x10, Blocksize = 0 bytes
>Mode 2:         Density = 0x0f, Blocksize = 0 bytes
>Mode 3:         Density = 0x05, Blocksize = 0 bytes

You probably don't want to set it to anything.  The drive should
automatically adjust to the density supported by the tape if you leave
it alone.  At least, that was the designed behavior of the FreeBSD 1.0.2
SCSI tape driver.
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