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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yeshua.marcam.com!MathWorks.Com!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!ames!cnn.nas.nasa.gov!wilbur.nas.nasa.gov!tweten From: tweten@wilbur.nas.nasa.gov (Dave Tweten) Subject: Re: QIC 150 density Message-ID: <CnK9Gn.2Mq@nas.nasa.gov> Sender: news@nas.nasa.gov (News Administrator) Nntp-Posting-Host: wilbur.nas.nasa.gov Organization: NAS Systems Division, NASA Ames References: <char76O00VBL0UsUx2@andrew.cmu.edu> Date: Fri, 1 Apr 1994 03:24:23 GMT Lines: 20 In article <char76O00VBL0UsUx2@andrew.cmu.edu> Timothy J Kniveton <tim+@CMU.EDU> writes: >what should i set the density to on my QIC 150 drive? st status gives >me: > >Present Mode: Density = 0x00, Blocksize = 512 bytes >---------available modes---------- >Mode 0: Density = 0x00, Blocksize = 0 bytes >Mode 1: Density = 0x10, Blocksize = 0 bytes >Mode 2: Density = 0x0f, Blocksize = 0 bytes >Mode 3: Density = 0x05, Blocksize = 0 bytes You probably don't want to set it to anything. The drive should automatically adjust to the density supported by the tape if you leave it alone. At least, that was the designed behavior of the FreeBSD 1.0.2 SCSI tape driver. -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dave Tweten tweten@nas.nasa.gov NASA Ames Research Center, M/S 258-5 (415) 604-4416 Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000 FAX: (415) 604-4377