On Saturday 25 May 2002 05:27 am, Jon LaBadie wrote: >On Fri, May 24, 2002 at 11:52:06AM -0400, David Chin wrote: >> In message <008d01c202b0$6149c780$062b96d5@PETE>, "Peter Normann" writes: >> > Have you tried (using GNU mt): >> > >> > mt -f /dev/st0 datcompression 0 # turns compression off >> > mt -f /dev/st0 datcompression 2 # turns compression on >> > mt -f /dev/st0 datcompression 1 # Shows you whether it is on >> > or off >> >> I just RTFM, and it said: >> >> mt -f /dev/st0 datcompression -- queries status >> mt -f /dev/st0 datcompression (0|off) -- toggles OFF >> mt -f /dev/st0 datcompression (.*) -- toggles ON > >My mt has no "compression" commands.
Humm, I'd spend a short time practicing my profanity monologue, and then go get an mt that did. -- Cheers, Gene AMD K6-III@500mhz 320M Athlon1600XP@1400mhz 512M 98.94+% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a hillbilly
