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- From: olson@anchor.esd.sgi.com (Dave Olson)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
- Subject: Re: Exabyte 8200/8500
- Message-ID: <sobdojk@zuni.esd.sgi.com>
- Date: 24 Nov 92 02:35:28 GMT
- References: <1992Nov23.130631.25486@gserv1.dl.ac.uk>
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- Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc. Mountain View, CA
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- In <1992Nov23.130631.25486@gserv1.dl.ac.uk> M.Enderby@daresbury.ac.uk writes:
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- | We have recently been through a period where we have had an 8200
- | Exabyte installed while SG had our 8500 away for repair. We are
- | now having problems reading data/backups written with the 8200
- | on the 8500.
- | We have run MAKEDEV and are using the .8200 device drivers to read
- | the tapes. Should this work ?
-
- Yes.
-
- What errors do you get? Could you perhaps have inadvertantly used
- the byte swapping device either when creating the device, or now,
- when trying to read it? The other likely possiblity is confusion between
- fixed and variable blocksize devices.
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- Let no one tell me that silence gives consent, | Dave Olson
- because whoever is silent dissents. | Silicon Graphics, Inc.
- Maria Isabel Barreno | olson@sgi.com
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