Martin,

You can use either one -- format=drive or format=ultrium2c. However, if you
do not want the drive to write with compression, you will need to set
format=ultrium2.

Regards,

Hunny..

"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> wrote on 01/13/2005
12:33:48 PM:

> Hi all,
> can a format type of "drive" in LTO device classs definitionaffect media
> operation, such as label, r/w, etc in a way, that these operations are
> never performed ?
>
> I mean, is it necessary set LTO-2 drives as "ultrium2[c]" format in
> devclass definition ?
>
> --
>
> S pozdravem / Best Regards,
>
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