>1) it says it writes 32kb blocks - how can I make it write in 128kb >blocks (recommended block size (=3Dfilemark?) for Quantum DLT-7000)?=20
$ ./tapetype -h usage: tapetype -h [-b blocksize] [-e estsize] [-f tapedev] [-t typename] -h display this message -b blocksize record block size (default: 32k) -e estsize estimated tape size (default: 1g == 1024m) -f tapedev tape device name (default: $TAPE) -t typename tapetype name (default: unknown-tapetype) Note: disable hardware compression when running this program. >2) it says filemark 0 kbytes - howcome?=20 It might be tape marks on your drive are handled "internally" and don't take up any actual space. >3) the speed mentioned here is only approx. 3mb/s - it's suppose to >handle more than that isn't it? ... That depends on all sorts of other things. Controller. Cables. SCSI termination. Media. CPU. ... >[root]# tapetype -f /dev/tape -e 35g=20 Are you sure /dev/tape had hardware compression turned off? >Klavs Klavsen John R. Jackson, Technical Software Specialist, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
