Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 9 Aug 2000 19:31:19 +0200 | From | Matthias Andree <> | Subject | Re: IDE Tape problem: Diagnosed further... |
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On Wed, 09 Aug 2000, pb@dev.localweb.com wrote:
> Earlier, I posted that my tape backups were being mysteriously truncated. > Now I know that they're being truncated to the tape block size. > > That is to say, the block size detected by ide-tape.c is 26kB, so if I > want to get all my data back I have to write to it in some multiple of > that block size. > > That having been said, I never had this problem before. Is this how tape > devices are supposed to work under Linux, or is this a bug? I'd hate to > have to rewrite all my scripts because ide-tape.c mysteriously picked a > different block size to autodetect one day. > > Also, many thanks to Matthias Andree for hashing this out with me, and > providing some useful pointers to tape drive info.
I'm taking this to a German de.* newsgroup (not useful for you) where Ronny Tobler ran into a similar problem after getting a Seagate 20 Gig el-cheapo-Travan junk drive, also with BRU. He can possibly share his insights if he has any.
-- Matthias Andree
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