On Thu, Aug 15, 2002 at 07:31:03AM -0500, Charles Walther wrote:
> I occasionally see the message:
> "\\.\Tapex Block size is 32768 bytes not 65536 bytes. Verify the device
> configuration. Tape positioning by record is disabled.
>
>
> How and why would this happen,  perhaps the tape came from a previous
> DLT4000 pool ?  It only happens on some tapes, so I am confident that the
> device is setup correctly.

That's one possibility. Basically it means that while reading the tape
Networker detected a different block size than it expected. How it got
that way in the first place I'm not sure of.

> Does the latter part of this message (positioning) mean that a single file
> restore cannot be performed ?

It means that restores will take a loooonng time. Networker normally
does positioning by block size iirc. In this situation it simple reads
through the tape until it finds what it needs and starts the restore.

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