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Subject: Re: RS/6000 AIX release tape format
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Date: 7 Aug 90 22:41:45 GMT
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In article <1990Aug7.172615.19203@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> shair@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu
(Bob Shair) writes:
>The IBM Support Center gave the U of Illinois the following
>instructions for copying a stacked tape:
>
>1. Change the tape device to the correct blocking:
>       chdev -l rmt0 -a block_size=512
                                    ^^^

    0 (variable block size) may be a better choice here.  One of the
    problems we had here with the 9021 upgrade was that the default block
    size for our 1/2" tape drive was 1024.  The drive wouldn't read
    existing tapes correctly until I changed this to 0.
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	Chuck Karish		karish@mindcraft.com
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