On Tue, 24 Oct 2000, Paul Tomblin wrote:
>Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 18:33:11 -0400
>From: Paul Tomblin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: Amanda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: Changing a tape's density
>
>So far nothing has worked. I've tried "mt weof 10", "mt erase" and "mt
>setdensity 0x24", and nothing has worked.
Perhaps we're missing something... DAT cartridges com in various
flavors, right? DDS1 vs DDS2, etc. Perhaps your media knows it isn't
tested for compressed drives and doesn't have the proper notches.
IE I know there are notces in some types of cartridges to indicate
length and/or maximum write density. And there are special notches on
cleaning tapes.
Perhaps your drive isn't cooperating because it doesn't like the media.
Find a new cartridge you know is compatible with all your drive's
features and see if your mt commands work better with the new
cartridge.
--
Joi Ellis
[EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.visi.com/~gyles19/
