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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!agate!tfs.com!mailhub.tfs.com!julian From: julian@mailhub.tfs.com (Julian Elischer) Subject: Re: are DAT fully supported ? Message-ID: <D9CvLt.8zt@tfs.com> Sender: usenet@tfs.com (Mr. News) Organization: TRW Financial Systems, Oakland, CA References: <D9ACLu.n3K@prz.tu-berlin.de> Date: Mon, 29 May 1995 20:01:05 GMT Lines: 23 In article <D9ACLu.n3K@prz.tu-berlin.de>, Lars Hentschke <nuggets@prz.tu-berlin.de> wrote: >Hi > >Are there some drivers available or under contruction for >HP-DAT drives to use it without tar? >(jumping in some seconds to a file) > >Forwarding a 8(16)GB-Tape to find a single file within 2-3 hours >makes me really nervous. > >Lars. The fast-forward to record 'n' features of DAT are not supported ioctls to forward space 'count' records are.. and might be usable to synthesize the same thing...... they are not used by any utility though. >