SUMMARY: sdlt320 tape drive under 5.1b (ddr.dbase entry)

From: curt steinmetz (curt_at_cola.iges.org)
Date: 08/20/03

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    Johan Brusche was kind enough to send the entry.
    Thanks! He also suggested looking on the docs CD,
    but all I could find there was the "technical update",
    not the release notes (which is also the case with
    the on-line documentation I was able to find on the
    website).

    Here's the entry:

              csi_density_table_size = 0x4a

             scsi_tape_density[0x42] = "density_code_42" 0
    0
             scsi_tape_density[0x43] = "density_code_43" 0
    0
             scsi_tape_density[0x44] = "density_code_44" 0
    0
             scsi_tape_density[0x45] = "density_code_45" 0
    0
             scsi_tape_density[0x46] = "density_code_46" 0
    0
             scsi_tape_density[0x47] = "density_code_47" 0
    0
             scsi_tape_density[0x48] = "131000_bpi" 131000
    0
             scsi_tape_density[0x49] = "190000_bpi" 190000
    0

             SCSIDEVICE
             #
             # Matches SDLT320
             #
             Type = tape
             Name = "COMPAQ" "SDLT320"
             #
             #
             PARAMETERS:
             TypeSubClass = tk
             TagQueueDepth = 0
             MaxTransferSize = 0x0fffffb # (16MB - 4)
             ReadyTimeSeconds = 120 # seconds

             DENSITY:
             #
             DensityNumber = 0
             DensityCode = 0x48
             CompressionCode = 0x1
             Buffered = 0x1

             DENSITY:
             #
             DensityNumber = 1,5
             DensityCode = default
             CompressionCode = 0x1
             Buffered = 0x1

             DENSITY:
             #
             DensityNumber = 2,4,6,7
             DensityCode = default
             CompressionCode = 0x0
             Buffered = 0x1

             DENSITY:
             #
             DensityNumber = 3
             DensityCode = 0x48
             CompressionCode = 0x0
             Buffered = 0x1

    On Tuesday, August 19, 2003, at 10:37 AM, curt steinmetz wrote:

    > Is there any way around manually typing in the whole
    > danged entry for an sdlt320 drive in ddr.dbase? The
    > release notes for 5.1b (section 5.3.1) states: "insert
    > the following density information and SCSIDEVICE entry"
    > (into the ddr.dbase file). Its a lot of stuff to type in, and
    > it seems quite an inefficient and error prone way to
    > proceed. If there was even an online version of the
    > release notes I could just cut and paste it.
    > The drive seems to work "OK" without this entry - but
    > it does print out warning messages. Since I am using
    > this drive to back up everyone's home directories and
    > the most important system files on our main file server,
    > I do not want to take any chances!
    > - Curt

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