There are no DIP switches that I can find - its a Sun Enclure (SDLT 220 unit) around a Quantum TR-S13AA.
Chris ------ Original Message ------ Received: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 10:33:50 AM MDT From: "Scott R. Burns" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Christopher Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[email protected]> Subject: RE: Disable Tape Compression > Are there any dip switches on the drive ? My HP DAT24x6 has a dip switch > bank on the bottom which turns off compression in the HW. I don't see any > indication of that in your drives manual. > > Scott.. > > Scott R. Burns > NETCON Technologies Incorporated > Suite 135 - 4474 Blakie Road > London, Ontario, Canada > N6L 1G7 > Voice: +1.519.652.0401 > Fax: +1.519.652.9275 > Web: www.netcontech.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Christopher Davis > Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 12:09 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Disable Tape Compression > > > I'm using Amanda on Fedora Core 4 with a Quantum SDLT 220 tape drive - I > want > to disable hardware compression but I'm not sure of the best way to do that. > > I can issue a command mt -f /dev/nst0 defcompression 1 which seems to work > (amtapetype doesn't give me the warning about hardware compresion) but as I > understand it this change goes away as soon as I change tapes. Meaning each > time I insert a new tape I have to re-enter this command? > > > How can I make the change permanent so that I don't have to worry about > manually changing a settting? > > > Any ideas or help would be much appreciated. > > > Chris > > > > >
