Re: reading blocks > 32K with generic device

[Matthew Jacob]

> Should we perhaps have turned that into *TWO* SCSI Write() commands? 

Never, ever, ever, ever do this unless the tape is in fixed block mode to
begin with.

Also, you can issue the READ BLOCK LIMITS command to get the range of allowed
block sizes for a device. The high end AMPEX drives don't get up to speed
until you start writing > 256KB blocks.




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