Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!ucsd!ucbvax!PUCC.PRINCETON.EDU!pschenk%cernapo.cern.ch From: pschenk%cernapo.cern.ch@PUCC.PRINCETON.EDU (P.R.Schenk) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo Subject: scsi tapes Message-ID: <9012051624.AA07818@dxmint.cern.ch> Date: 5 Dec 90 16:42:00 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 19 X-Unparsable-Date: Wed, 5 Dec 90 17:20:27 SWI Does anyone know if it is possible to play with the block size etc. of the devices /dev/rmtsX ? I would like to be able to use calls like the mts_$ ones ( or even edmtdesc ). I am running 10.2. I can't seem to find any mention of how to deal with these scsi tapes anywhere in the manual. Any help would be appreciated. Ciao, Casper Paul Schenk | University of Victoria | CERN EP/ OPAL pschenk%cernapo@cernvax.cern.ch <- Pref. pschenk@cernvm.cern.ch schenk@uvvm.bitnet " I have never seen anything fill up a vacuum so fast and still suck " -Rob Pike on X