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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!pumpkin.pangea.ca!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!newspump.sol.net!howland.erols.net!news.bbnplanet.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!uunet!in3.uu.net!194.87.0.28!demos!news1.relcom.ru!carrier.kiev.ua!powell.cscd.kiev.ua!ranet.cscd.lviv.ua!not-for-mail From: pgg@iomain.lviv.ua (Pavel G. Godlevsky) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Wangtek tape question Date: 14 Dec 1996 08:51:25 GMT Organization: Pentakom ltd. Lines: 26 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <58tpqd$5um@ranet.cscd.lviv.ua> References: <58mdnb$jk3@nntp.hut.fi> NNTP-Posting-Host: iomain.lviv.ua X-Newsreader: TIN [FreeBSD UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL<I&Opl0>] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:32584 Kari T Jokiranta (kja2@cc.hut.fi) 11 Dec 1996 13:42:03 GMT wrote: : Hello, : : Does anyone know how to write more than 93 MB data to a QIC tape : cartridge?. Length of the tape is 620 feet and the label says it can : take 150 MB. : : I know that /dev/rwt0b is for 60 MB, rwt0c 120 MB and rwt0d 150 MB, : but using any of these devices results in 93 MB. : I also made rwt0e and rwt0f, which are for 300 and 600 MB, respectively, : but the result is unchanged. Also /dev/rwt0 (default density) gives 93 MB. My tape drive (Sytron Corp., Wangtech compatible) does not recognize write density commands at all, only the tape length matter. 600 ft tapes can hold up to 120 MBytes, 620 tapes - 150 MBytes, etc. Drives are rather old, so I'm afraid it will be difficult to get any detailed tech docs. -- I myself do not always agree with opinions stated herein... Pavel G. Godlevsky <I&O> Brainware & Consulting pgg@iomain.lviv.ua; 2:462/1@fidonet.org (NC_462); HAM Radio UR5WDE PGP v2.6.3i, 1024/C4C9FD91 1995/01/08 Pavel G. Godlevsky <pgg@iomain.lviv.ua> Redistribution via the Microsoft Network is prohibited !