Xref: utzoo comp.sys.hp:1310 comp.unix.questions:10509 Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cwjcc!gatech!hubcap!ncrcae!ncrlnk!uunet!mcvax!ukc!etive!hwcs!zen!vic From: vic@zen.UUCP (Victor Gavin) Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp,comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: Pre-formatted tapes for HP drives Keywords: tape drive Message-ID: <1456@zen.UUCP> Date: 3 Dec 88 13:34:49 GMT References: <274@istsists.ca> <469@mmlai.UUCP> Reply-To: vic@zen.UUCP (Victor Gavin) Organization: Zengrange Limited, Leeds, England Lines: 17 In article <469@mmlai.UUCP> burzio@mmlai.UUCP (Anthony Burzio) writes: >In article <274@istsists.ca>, mathieu@ists.yorku.ca (Pierre Mathieu) writes: >> Question 1) Is it possible to load tapes into this drive that >> are not pre-formatted and format them from HP-UX? >Not possible. HP uses a backwards file system. Pardon! I'm sorry but HP uses the same file system as Berkely (HP call it HFS). If your referring to the ancient SDF (Structured Directory Format); this was implemented on the HP9000 series 500 (RIP) to allow access between HP-UX and BASIC file systems on the same disk. vic -- Victor Gavin Zengrange Limited vic@zen.co.uk Greenfield Road ..!mcvax!ukc!zen.co.uk!vic Leeds LS9 8DB +44 532 489048 England