Re: controlling hardware compression?
2003-05-23 10:41:49
hi mathias,
checkout
#man stinit
this should allow you to initialize your drive the way you would like.
cheers
charles
chuck.shick AT manchotnetworks DOT net
On Fri, 2003-05-23 at 16:26, Mathias Körber wrote:
> Hi all,
> [I asked this on UseNet (comp.os.linux.hardware etc), but hope someone here
> may have some insights too..]
>
>
> I just got a Dell PowerVault 100T DDS4 tapedrive and would like to ensure
> that when bcking up with AMANDA (www.amanda.org) the hardware compression
> is OFF.
>
> Obviously I can turn it off on the drive itself (DIP-switch 1) but that
> should also be doable using a SCSI command (thus leaving h/w comp
> available for non-amanda usage if required)
>
> Question is: How do I do that? Is there a special tape device (/dev/nrmtu0
> or such for *u*ncompressed access and the driver will take card of that),
> or does AMANDA know how to send SCSI commands to its device [ I could not
> find anything though on first look].
>
> I am running a 2.4.18 kernel.
>
> Any help is appreciated.
>
> thanks
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