Copy of post on msu.linux RE:DLT 4000 installation

Ben Pfaff pfaffben@msu.edu
19 Apr 2000 17:02:56 -0400


"mOuSe" <mouse@ajboggs.com> writes:

> So Far I have set used mt to set
> density to 0x83 (originally set to 0x1a)
> blksize to 32
> compression 1

mt's `setblk' takes block sizes in bytes.  You didn't set the
block size to 32 bytes did you?  That sounds like a mistake to
me.  32KB (32768 bytes) would be more reasonable.

Beyond that I have no idea...  Good luck.