Advice on change of tape drive please.
heiser at tdw201.ed.ray.com
heiser at tdw201.ed.ray.com
Sat Dec 1 05:00:11 AEST 1990
In article <PEDA.90Nov21164524 at simplicity.Stanford.EDU> peda at simplicity.Stanford.EDU (Bill Codding) writes:
>
> b) Archive says you can use either DC600A or DC6150 on their QIC-150.
> They say the physical medium is the same, so no wear problems. However,
> the 6150 has an additional capstan (roller) and a wider opening in the
> plastic housing. The tape identification marks tell the tape drive
> to write more tracks on the 6150, since the housing hole allows more head
> clearance. Thus, 120MB on a 600A, and 150MB on a 6150.
I have been unable to write to 600A tapes in my Archive Viper 2150S. I
have had mixed results trying to READ 600A tapes in the same drive --
I suspect it is a Unix problem rather than a drive problem -- the troubles
involved tar and cpio, but dd worked OK. I have been using 6150 tapes
on a regular basis.
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