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- From: pim@cti-software.nl (Pim Zandbergen)
- Subject: Re: how to write 525MB to Wangtek 525ES on Dell 2.1?
- Message-ID: <1992Aug26.085748.15495@cti-software.nl>
- Organization: CTI Software BV, The Hague, The Netherlands
- References: <1849@adagio.UUCP> <rvdp.714254499@yam.sow.econ.vu.nl> <l9aq91INNgas@west.west.sun.com> <1854@adagio.UUCP>
- Date: Wed, 26 Aug 92 08:57:48 GMT
- Lines: 30
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- grog@adagio.UUCP (Greg Lehey) writes:
-
- >>If the UNIX driver sets the tape blocksize to 512 bytes/block
- >>via the SCSI Mode Select command, then you are not able to write 525
- >>mega bytes using a DC6525 on one the above mentioned tape drives. You will
- >>probably able to write about 250 mega bytes on this tape. If on the other hand
- >>the UNIX driver set the tape blocksize to 1024 bytes/block then you must be
- >>able to write 525 mega bytes of data on the DC 6525 tape using one of the
- >>above mentioned tape drives.
-
- >I don't understand your reasoning. This looks as if you expect the
- >driver to start blocks at fixed lengths apart, independently of block
- >size. This isn't the case.
-
- No, it is true. IBM wants you to set the block size for its Exabyte
- to 512 bytes on an RS/6000, because otherwise a program that makes bootable
- backups won't work. But doing so will limit the Exabyte to 1.1GB!
-
- The drive will write 1024 bytes anyway, but fill it with 512
- bytes of your data. On reading, it will return 512 bytes of
- every 1024 bytes actually read.
-
- You may be confusing block size with buffer size.
- The size of the buffer, which is in user space, indeed has no influence
- on the amount of data that can be written.
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