[6635] in linux-scsi channel archive
Re: DAT Blocksize
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Stephen Robert Norris)
Tue Jun 8 22:00:17 1999
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1999 10:58:39 +1000
From: Stephen Robert Norris <srn@fn.com.au>
To: Linux SCSI list <linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu>
In-Reply-To: <19990607080324.A13998@kurt.kdt.de>; from Kurt Garloff on Mon, Jun 07, 1999 at 08:03:24AM +0200
On Mon, Jun 07, 1999 at 08:03:24AM +0200, Kurt Garloff wrote:
> Hi,
>
> is there a clever way to find out the blocksize of archives (tar and
> friends) written to a SCSI DAT, other than trial and error?
>
> Regards,
Kurt,
Set the block size to 0 with mt setblock, and let the drive work it
out. That's always worked for me.
Stephen
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