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- From: crash@ckctpa.UUCP (Frank "Crash" Edwards)
- Subject: Re: A3070 tape drive, Amiga Unix, and AmigaDOS
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.132717.1263@ckctpa.UUCP>
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 13:27:17 GMT
- Reply-To: crash%ckctpa@myrddin.sybus.com (Frank "Crash" Edwards)
- References: <Dec18.211722.23733@cdsac.uucp> <1992Dec19.173334.2903@ckctpa.UUCP> <Dec20.170949.29124@cdsac.uucp>
- Organization: Edwards & Edwards Consulting
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- scotte@cdsac.uucp (L. Scott Emmons) writes:
- >I wrote:
- >>My 2.1 tape, dated 3/25/92, is a DC6250 tape (as indicated by the
- >>printing on the back of the cartridge).
- >
- >But is it in QIC150 format?
-
- Yes. The tape is in "stacked" format, which means that multiple
- "filesets" (for lack of a better term) are written onto the tape with
- filemarks between them.
-
- I say that because the install script uses /dev/rmt/4h which is the
- high-density device driver interface.
-
- > L. Scott Emmons
- --
- Frank "Crash" Edwards Edwards & Edwards Consulting
- Fax: 813/786-6526 crash%ckctpa@myrddin.sybus.com, but please
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