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From: ian@rathe.cs.umn.edu (Ian Hogg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: 8mm EXABYTE
Message-ID: <1991Jun7.151936.18968@rathe.cs.umn.edu>
Date: 7 Jun 91 15:19:36 GMT
References: <1991Jun6.081652.1669@incas.informatik.uni-kl.de>
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In article <1991Jun6.081652.1669@incas.informatik.uni-kl.de> jacob@informatik.uni-kl.de (Philip Jacob) writes:
>We're using a EXABYTE-drive since 2 or 3 years now together with a
>400/300. After receiving Version 7.05 I tried the scsiitape-driver (57)
>instead of the delivered herstal-driver and I had no problems using 
>cpio,tar,etc. ...  writing or reading form the tape. 
>

  Great. How about posting the bits for the minor number.  The device driver
  from Perfect Byte has bits for auto-rewind/no-rewind and fixed-block/variable-
  sized blocks.  Does the unsupported scsi tape driver support any of these?

>  Ciao Phil
>
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