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From: larry@nstar.rn.com (Larry Snyder)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: Writing DC600A tapes in Archive Viper 2150S
Message-ID: <1991Feb10.145040.9012@nstar.rn.com>
Date: 10 Feb 91 14:50:40 GMT
References: <1991Feb8.124030.21272@unixland.uucp>
Organization: Northern Star Communications, Limited
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bill@unixland.uucp (Bill Heiser) writes:

>Is the Archive Viper 2150S supposed to be able to WRITE (as well as READ)
>DC600A tapes?  When I try to write to one, it seems to write ok
>(tar cvfo /dev/rmt/stape4 under Esix rev d), but reading it back (tar tvf),
>it gives me a directory checksum error.  I was under the impression that 
>this drive should be able to write in 120mb format on this series of tape.
>Should this work under Esix?

it works fine (reading and writing 120 megs tapes using DC-600A cartridges)
under Interactive...

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