Re: drive compression discovery
2003-03-10 16:20:28
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
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