On Fri, 17 May 2002, Jon LaBadie wrote: > Couple of things, > > First, address you queries to either the list or to an individual. Ok!
> > > > I have 20Gb BASF types. But how to be sure that 20 GB can be taped on it? > > I make some interesting test (using dd I am, in cyrcle, wroute 1Mb > > (tar-file) on type and than show how many times).But I have problem today! > > Amanda sources come with a program to do just this test. It is called > "tapetype" and must be compiled separately (make tapetype). I will test again now! > What kind, if any, compression are you using (HW or SW). How to see HW compression on/off? [root@auth alex]# mt -f /dev/nst0 status SCSI 2 tape drive: File number=0, block number=0, partition=0. Tape block size 0 bytes. Density code 0x8c (EXB-8505 compressed). Soft error count since last status=0 General status bits on (41010000): BOT ONLINE IM_REP_EN HW compression enable? How too disable it? I want to use SW (gzip) -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 41776461 2:465/207@Fidonet Alexander Belik http://www.vnet.dn.ua [EMAIL PROTECTED]
