Ok Guys You're so smart and kind. I do hope 'dude' is not too rude (since it's not my native language).
I found it after disassembling the drive (some of you may have a notch at the bottom of the case, the SUN-Version does not). BTW it does work fine for days already, and I like it. Cheers Urs > >On Mon, Mar 03, 2003 at 04:39:05PM +0100, Urs Forster wrote: >> The '72-144 Gbyte 4mm DDS-3 Autoloader Installation and User's Guide' says >> that a DDS-3 125m tape would hold 72GB uncompressed and 144GB compressed. > >Dude, that's the capacity of the whole *Library*! > >6*12GB = 72GB, 6*24GB = 144GB. > >> The tape itselfes says: 12GB native Capacity. > >That is correct, for a a DDS-3 tape drive with 125m tape. > >> There is no switch inside the drive to enable/disable compression, > >Really? Not like this? > > http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=lpg51068 > >> so I assume >> when not using the 'c,u' option, it wont compress. > >You have some sort of front-panel display that will indicate >compression during data write, don't you? > >> >> Then there is the density switch (l,m,h) for low, medium and high. I don't >> think this has to do with compression. I believe this depends on the made >> of the tape? (I am not using any) > >HP has what seems to be a pretty good Solaris install doc here: > > http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=lpg51069 > > >-- >Jay Lessert [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Accelerant Networks Inc. (voice)1.503.439.3461 >Beaverton OR, USA (fax)1.503.466.9472
