- To: Jon Biddell <jon@xxxxxxxxx>, h@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Subject: Re: [SLUG] Sony SDT-7000 tape drive problems
- From: Crossfire <xfire@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon Feb 5 20:57:05 2001
- Cc: Dennis Gray <dmgray@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Sydney Linux User Group <slug@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- User-agent: Mutt/1.2.5i
Jon Biddell was once rumoured to have said:
> Now, if anyone can tell me how to get my DDS3 drive to back up more than
> 4Gb (it's a 12/24 Gb drive !!) on DDS3 tapes...:-)
Sounds like you're using DDS2 tapes in a DDS3 drive.
Also, don't bother quoting the "compressed" capacity figures - They're
just marketing drivel. I've yet to see a tape-drive actually achieve
it on real-life data.
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