Yes,  I know the Quantum document says 8639 but the Quantum people I
had on site changed it to: 19639.

>From the st man page.. it looks like they added Long time outs and
Mode Sel Comp  (c or u must be selected for compression).

I did not see any harm in either of these additions.    It does not seem
that different from 8639..

I'm not suggesting anyone change their st.conf..if it works, leave it
alone.

Robert Maiello
Thomson
Medical Economics


On Fri, 9 Aug 2002 10:20:27 -0400, Rymwid, Peter <prymwid AT TIAA-CREF DOT ORG> 
wrote:

>Are you sure entry for SDLT1 is 0x19639 not 0x8639 in st.conf file?
>
>Peter Rymwid
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Scott Howard [mailto:scott AT DOC.NET DOT AU]
>Sent: Friday, August 09, 2002 9:40 AM
>To: NETWORKER AT LISTMAIL.TEMPLE DOT EDU
>Subject: Re: [Networker] strange tape writing stats
>
>
>On Thu, Aug 08, 2002 at 11:49:47AM -0400, Maiello, Robert wrote:
>> Make sure you have the correct quantum line in your st.conf?  I'm
>> using:
>>
>> ##### DLT7000s and SDLT support #########
>> DLT7k-data      =       1,0x38,0,0xD639,4,0x82,0x83,0x84,0x85,2;
>
>Do _NOT_ put entries in st.conf for DLT7k's unless you have a specific
>reason for doing so.  Solaris (any version, as long as it's been patched in
>the past few years) has native support for DLT7000 - there's no need to put
>an entry in st.conf, and doing so can lead to sub-optimal performance.
>
>> SDLT1           =       1,0x38,0,0x19639,4,0x90,0x91,0x90,0x91,3;
>
>Same story as above for SDLT, only you'll need to make sure you've got a
>recent st patch applied (eg, 108725-08 or later for Solaris 8, 107460-11 or
>later for Solaris 7).
>
>> Umm, of course, I forgot LTO was called out here, not SDLT.
>
>Same story again. LTO support was added in 108725-07 (Sol8), 107460-10
>(Sol7), etc.
>
>  Scott.
>
>--
>Note: To sign off this list, send a "signoff" command via email to
>listserv AT listmail.temple DOT edu or visit the list's Web site at
>http://listmail.temple.edu/archives/networker.html where you can also view
>and post messages to the list.
>=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=
>
>--
>Note: To sign off this list, send a "signoff" command via email
>to listserv AT listmail.temple DOT edu or visit the list's Web site at
>http://listmail.temple.edu/archives/networker.html where you can
>also view and post messages to the list.
>=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=

--
Note: To sign off this list, send a "signoff" command via email
to listserv AT listmail.temple DOT edu or visit the list's Web site at
http://listmail.temple.edu/archives/networker.html where you can
also view and post messages to the list.
=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=