Messages in this thread | | | From | "Michael K. Johnson" <> | Subject | Re: ioctl for HW compression on Sony DDS? | Date | Mon, 11 Oct 1999 13:11:11 -0400 |
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"Louis J. LaBash" writes: >On Mon, Oct 11, 1999 at 11:36:42AM -0400, nbecker@fred.net wrote: >> Is there any way to turn on/off hardware compression on my Sony S10000 >> DDS4 tape drive (maybe via ioctl?) > >Are you using Kai's "mt-st", not GNU's "mt"; although both are called mt. > mt -v > mt-st v. 0.5b >If you are > mt compress 1 >should turn it On, 0 = Off
Some sony DDS drives (mine, for example) do not allow you to turn off compression. FWIW...
michaelkjohnson
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