Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!ira.uka.de!rusmv1!obelix.luftfahrt.uni-stuttgart.de!schmid From: schmid@obelix.luftfahrt.uni-stuttgart.de (Georg Schmid) Subject: Re: 8mm tape drive for Apollos Message-ID: <1991Mar19.101859.20619@rusmv1.rus.uni-stuttgart.de> Sender: news@rusmv1.rus.uni-stuttgart.de (USENET News System) Reply-To: schmid@obelix.luftfahrt.uni-stuttgart.de (Georg Schmid) Organization: Dept. for Statics & Dynamics of Aerospace Structures (ISD) References: <9103141743.AA14605@maestro.mitre.org> Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1991 10:18:59 GMT Lines: 16 I really don't know why HP keeps telling that you can't use rbak/ wbak with their 8mm tape drive. We have been using it at SR10.2.p and still at SR10.3.p. As far as we are concerned all options of rbak/wbak seem to work. You just have to specify '-dev m'. Guess they just don't want to support rbak/wbak officially any further. Georg -- _________________________________________________________________ Georg Schmid ISD University of Stuttgart, Germany email: schmid@jellosub.luftfahrt.uni-stuttgart.de (129.69.57.13) _________________________________________________________________ (Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they AREN'T after you)