There are no DIP switches that I can find - its a Sun Enclure (SDLT 220 unit) 
around a Quantum TR-S13AA.


Chris

------ Original Message ------
Received: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 10:33:50 AM MDT
From: "Scott R. Burns" <Scott.Burns AT Netcontech DOT Com>
To: "Christopher Davis" <giarmdok AT usa DOT net>, <amanda-users AT amanda DOT 
org>
Subject: RE: Disable Tape Compression

> Are there any dip switches on the drive ? My HP DAT24x6 has a dip switch
> bank on the bottom which turns off compression in the HW. I don't see any
> indication of that in your drives manual.
> 
> Scott..
> 
> Scott R. Burns
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
> [mailto:owner-amanda-users AT amanda DOT org]On Behalf Of Christopher Davis
> Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 12:09 PM
> To: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
> Subject: Disable Tape Compression
> 
> 
> I'm using Amanda on Fedora Core 4 with a Quantum SDLT 220 tape drive - I
> want
> to disable hardware compression but I'm not sure of the best way to do
that.
> 
> I can issue a command mt -f /dev/nst0 defcompression 1 which seems to work
> (amtapetype doesn't give me the warning about hardware compresion) but as I
> understand it this change goes away as soon as I change tapes.  Meaning
each
> time I insert a new tape I have to re-enter this command?
> 
> 
> How can I make the change permanent so that I don't have to worry about
> manually changing a settting?
> 
> 
> Any ideas or help would be much appreciated.
> 
> 
> Chris
> 
> 
> 
> 
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