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- Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
- From: fred@genesis.demon.co.uk (Lawrence Kirby)
- Path: sparky!uunet!pipex!demon!genesis.demon.co.uk!fred
- Subject: 120Mb tapes on SCO UNIX
- Distribution: world
- References: <6060@sixhub.UUCP>
- Organization: BT
- Lines: 31
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 00:47:04 +0000
- Message-ID: <721874824snx@genesis.demon.co.uk>
- Sender: usenet@gate.demon.co.uk
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- In article <6060@sixhub.UUCP> davidsen@sixhub.UUCP writes:
-
- >
- >In article <1992Nov6.232519.5474@mr.med.ge.com> frigo@opustech.com writes:
- >| You can write DC600A tapes in a 150 M byte drive, but SCO will
- >| only allow you to put 60 M bytes on the tape.
- >
- >Could you give a little more detail on taht? In what way does your SCO
- >software stop you from writing more on the tape (other than spacifying
- >the tape size to the software you use, if applicable)?
- >--
- >bill davidsen - davidsen@sixhub.uucp (uunet!crdgw1!sixhub!davidsen)
- > sysop *IX BBS and Public Access UNIX
- >"I haven't had time to read the manual, I've been too
- > busy fighting with the install" -Nevius
- >
- >
-
- DC600As are the standard tapes for Wangtek 125MB drives (I use Wangtek as
- an example because that is what we use). We have the
- 150MB version which can still use DC600As and writes 120/125MB to them.
- SCO couldn't care less what the actual tape type is - it will write out
- data until the drive hits the end of tape marker on the last track. As you
- say, you have to specify to the backup software manually what size tape
- you have.
-
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- Lawrence Kirby | fred@genesis.demon.co.uk
- Wilts, England | 70734.126@compuserve.com
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