Xref: utzoo comp.sys.hp:1302 comp.unix.questions:10461 Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!mit-eddie!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: <26038@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA> Date: 2 Dec 88 17:57:36 GMT References: <1074@statware.UUCP> Organization: Teknowledge, Inc., Palo Alto CA Lines: 25 <1074@statware.UUCP>, by scf@statware.UUCP (Steve Fullerton): - In article <26007@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA> mkhaw@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA (Mike Khaw) writes: ->> 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. - - I used to purchase the 3M DC600HC tapes for use on a HP9144 on an HP1000 - and while they are pre-formatted, they are not certified. For a 150 ft - tape it required about 15 minutes to certify and an hour for 600 ft tapes. - During the certification process, the system would be completely locked - up and unusable. I'm not sure if HP-UX requires certified tapes or - not. And if so, what program would be used to certify them. I believe Not a problem with HP-UX. I remember the hassles with using non HP tapes on HP-1000s. When HP first came out with these drives, it might have made sense to go with these "high-density" tape cartridges, but I wish they'd join the rest of the world now and make life simpler for those of us with heterogeneous (Unix) hardware. 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