3 Apr
1999
3 Apr
'99
2:32 p.m.
Yesterday four geeks (including myself) had tried to
convince a HP 88780
9-track SCSI drive (cleverly disguised as Tandem 5160) to accept 6250 bpi
tapes. It works OK at 1600 bpi, but refuses to admit it knows about 6250:
"mt setdensity 3" on a Linux box results in "Incompatible media
installed"
error (when the tape written at 6250 bpi is loaded.)
You shouldn't have to do the setdensity operation; the drive ought
to be able to read the 6250 BPI drive in any event. What happens
when you try to read the 6250 BPI tape?
Historically, the SCSI commands for selecting tape drive density have
been either ignored or misinterpreted by everyone throughout the years.
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