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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: HP C1533A DAT tape ?
Date: 29 Oct 1996 20:56:28 GMT
Organization: Private BSD site, Dresden
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Ron Bolin <rlb@mindspring.com> wrote:

> mt -f /dev/[r]st1 comp 1
> 
> Tried it, I get Invalid Argument (this is from the driver).

The error message is in the syslog (/var/log/messages).

Make sure to enable the software override for compression (i'm not
sure whether it's DIP SW 1 or 2).  I think it's disabled by default.

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)