9 Mar
2013
9 Mar
'13
12:20 a.m.
On Fri, Mar 08, 2013 at 07:40:55AM -0600, Roe Peterson wrote:
True, but going in the other direction, blocking factor
is preserved in
variable sized writes to tape. For example, if I write a series of 1k blocks
to a tape, and try to read them back as 2k blocks, each read will return only
1024 bytes, at least on streaming-type tapes. I'm not sure what would happen
on real magtape.
The same thing.
John Wilson
D Bit