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- From: halvard@trd.sdata.no (Halvard Halvorsen)
- Subject: Re: Exabyte 8500 - Dump parameters
- Message-ID: <1992Jul23.165508.7573@ugle.unit.no>
- Sender: news@ugle.unit.no (NetNews Administrator)
- Organization: Skrivervik Data A/S
- References: <a_plante.711814645@clouso> <1992Jul23.161139.10325@ods.com>
- Date: Thu, 23 Jul 92 16:55:08 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul23.161139.10325@ods.com>, chris@ods.com (Chris Atkins) writes:
- |> a_plante@crim.ca (Alain Plante) writes:
- |> : Hello all,
- |> :
- |> : We are using Exabyte 8500 with sunOS 4.1.2 My problem is that i'm
- |> : not able to put more than 2.3 gigs of stuff on one tape. I have a few
- |> : scripts and most of them works fine...
- |> :
- |> : The parameters i'm using are :
- |> :
- |> : Density : 54000
- |> : Tape length : 6000
- |> :
- |> : Which one should i use to get the best out of my Exabyte. I'm suppose
- |> : to be able to put around 4.9 gigs on a 8mm tape.
- |> :
- |> try the following
- |> Density : 54000
- |> Tape length : 13000
- |>
- |> Be sure you are using the correct device. If your tape is unit stn then use
- |> /dev/rstn+8 for example for st0 use device /dev/rst8.
- |>
- |> Chris Atkins
- |> chris@ods.com
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- yeah - and try a tape that is not used on a 8200 ;-)
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