Xref: utzoo comp.sys.hp:1292 comp.unix.questions:10409 Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!cornell!uw-beaver!teknowledge-vaxc!mkhaw From: mkhaw@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA (Mike Khaw) Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp,comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: Pre-formatted tapes for HP drives Message-ID: <26007@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA> Date: 30 Nov 88 18:17:22 GMT References: <274@istsists.ca> Organization: Teknowledge, Inc., Palo Alto CA Lines: 18 <274@istsists.ca>, by mathieu@ists.yorku.ca (Pierre Mathieu): > Question 1) Is it possible to load tapes into this drive that > are not pre-formatted and format them from HP-UX? Not that I know of; in fact, if you write onto a pre-formatted tape from a non-HP drive (e.g., a Sun) you destroy the formatted track(s?) and can no longer use the tape in the HP drive. > Question 2) If it is not possible, then does anybody know if other > companies than HP make these pre-formatted tapes? We 3M makes them. They are DC600HC tapes. Mike Khaw -- internet: mkhaw@teknowledge.arpa uucp: {uunet|sun|ucbvax|decwrl|ames|hplabs}!mkhaw%teknowledge.arpa hardcopy: Teknowledge Inc, 1850 Embarcadero Rd, POB 10119, Palo Alto, CA 94303