>>>>> On Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:20:37 +0100, Julien Cigar said:
> 
> On Thu, 2008-12-04 at 12:50 +0000, Martin Simmons wrote:
> > >>>>> On Thu, 04 Dec 2008 12:04:34 +0100, Julien Cigar said:
> > > 
> > > On Thu, 2008-12-04 at 11:33 +0100, Ralf Gross wrote:
> > > > Julien Cigar schrieb:
> > > > 
> > > > Are you sure you need these additional options?
> > > > 
> > > > >   Hardware End of Medium = no
> > > > >   Backward Space Record  = no
> > > > >   Backward Space File    = no
> > > > >   Fast Forward Space File = no
> > > > >   BSF at EOM = yes
> > > > >   Two EOF = yes
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > Yes, apparently it's needed for FreeBSD :
> > > 
> > > gemini# pwd
> > > /usr/ports/sysutils/bacula-server/files
> > > gemini# cat pkg-message.server.in
> > 
> > Despite the wording in that file, it is not true for all drives.  These
> > options work perfectly for me on FreeBSD 4 with an HP LTO-1:
> 
> Ok.. good to know.
> 
> To configure the SD I just did a "mt -f /dev/nsa0 geteotmodel", it
> replied with 2 filemarks at EOT and then I followed the instructions of
> the port maintainer (as I have almost no idea how to adjust most of
> those parameters).

Yes, I have to use "mt -f /dev/sa1.ctl seteotmodel 1" to initialize the drive.
This sometimes needs to be repeated after inserting the first tape after
booting, though it is persistent after that.


> Anyway, if the btape tests passes with those values I can be relatively
> confident that they are safe for my tape drive (and that the SCSI
> cable/terminator is OK) ?

Safe yes, but SCSI problems can be somewhat random and data-specific, so the
btape tests might not detect them.

__Martin

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