no button luxuries on the ADIC 40/80 unit just an unload button. "John R. Jackson" wrote: > >I seem to remember there being a way to get tapes setup for 20/40 to be > >written at 35/70, but I can't remember if that was using a specific > >software package or just using the certain buttons on the drive. > > I recently converted a bunch of tapes from DLT4000 (20/40) to DLT7000 > (35/50). The steps were: > > * Load the tape and wait for it to stop blinking. > > * Use the Select button on the front to enable density override and > change it to 35 or 35+compressed. > > * Run amlabel on the tape. This was on Solaris. I don't know if > that matters, i.e. whether it was just too dumb to send SCSI commands > that would have changed the density back or whether the button has > the final authority. My guess is that the button wins. > > I've also been able to fully process DLT4000 written tapes on the DLT7000. > I've never tried (and probably wouldn't trust) writing a DLT4000 format > on a DLT7000 and reading it on a DLT4000. > > >Bill Carlson > > John R. Jackson, Technical Software Specialist, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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