Hello Tim,
> ...
>
> I have a Colorado Jumbo 350 tape drive. It uses both 2120 and 2120XL
> cartridges. According to what I have read, the 2120XL tapes are identical to
> 2120's except they are longer. This allows them to store 170MB instead of
> the 120MB a normal 2120 stores. Will the ftape program use the longer 2120XL
> tapes and store the full 170MB with them? Or should I just save my money and
> go with 2120's?
>
> ...
If your tape drive is able to use the longer tapes ftape will
detect the tape length and use it. Use the newest ftape-4.02
version. Put a tape into the drive, load the three modules or
let it autoload and have a look into /var/log/messages.
ftape will report the detected tape length there.
Good luck.
Martin
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