Xref: utzoo comp.unix.questions:15607 comp.unix.wizards:17620 Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!indri!engr!laplant From: laplant@engr.wisc.edu (dave laplant) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: 8mm tape length for dump Summary: size and density to specify for a 8mm tape drive Message-ID: <111@engr.wisc.edu> Date: 11 Aug 89 13:22:39 GMT References: <412@h.cs.wvu.wvnet.edu> <18999@mimsy.UUCP> Organization: Computer Aided Engineering Center, UW-Madison Lines: 16 In article <18999@mimsy.UUCP>, chris@mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek) writes: > In article <412@h.cs.wvu.wvnet.edu> fuhrman@b.coe.wvu.wvnet.edu > (Cris Fuhrman) writes: > >Can anyone tell me what the length for an 8mm tape drive is > >while using dump in SUN OS 3.5? > > No. > yes. according to the documentation i receive with our 8 mm tape drive, the tape is 346 feet long and has density of 4.4 megabits per inch. HOWEVER, the density is higher than dump can handle, and they recommend using a size of 6000 and a density of 54,000. this will specify the correct size. -dave laplant (laplant@engr.wisc.edu)