aland@infmx.UUCP (Dr. Scump) (02/11/90)
Quick, and probably fruitless, question:
Using the regular AT&T (Wangtek-made) 125 MB Streaming Tape drive,
is there a way to write tapes at a lower density such that they can
be read by a 60 MB drive? There is only one set of device drivers
included in the Cartridge Tape Utilities (varying by retension and
rewind only), so it doesn't look promising. I am using CTU version
2.1, UNIX Sys V/386 Release 3.2.2.
It does *read* 60 MB tapes fine -- I used cartridge tape to copy
terminfos from an IBM RT, and it worked like a champ...
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Alan S. Denney # Informix # aland@informix.com # {pyramid|uunet}!infmx!aland
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In article <3349@infmx.UUCP> aland@infmx.UUCP (alan denney) writes: >Quick, and probably fruitless, question: >Using the regular AT&T (Wangtek-made) 125 MB Streaming Tape drive, >is there a way to write tapes at a lower density such that they can >be read by a 60 MB drive? There is only one set of device drivers It isn't possible to write 60 MB tapes with the 120 MB Wangtek drive. This is true both on the 386 (125 MB tape unit) and the 3B2 tape units as well. It is a firmware limitation of the drive itself. However, the drive does have the capability to read 60 MB tapes. -- Frank McGee, AT&T Entry Level Systems Support attmail!fmcgee (preferred) att!cuuxb!fmcgee (those that can't reach attmail)