On Mon, 10 Mar 2003 at 2:13pm, Eric Sproul wrote

> I've read posts that indicate a compressed tape will silently set drive 
> compression back on, but will that change still be visible to mt?

This all depends on the type of drive.

> BTW, the drive has no DIP switches for setting compression-- it is 
> completely controlled by software.  Also, my system is Linux, so there 
> are no compression-related device names.  I am relying strictly on mt 
> to manipulate the drive outside of AMANDA, so it's important that I be 
> able to trust its output.

The 'tapeinfo' tool bundled with mtx will actually give you more info than 
mt.

-- 
Joshua Baker-LePain
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University