Re: FreeBSD 4.0 SCSI Tape Driver

[John Polstra]

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Frank Mayhar
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Bob Bishop wrote:
>
> > BUT I have to say that on principle I'm with Rod on this one: EOF
> > != EOT and mixing them up is a recipe for (inter alia) finding you
> > can't read back dumps when you need them.
>
> Not to mention the fact that the old ANSI standard for nine-track
> tapes included a double EOF to indicate EOT/EOD (and the more modern
> tapes _did_ have an EOT marker).  Consider me another person with
> extensive tape experience chiming in _against_ this idea.

You can add my voice to the chorus too.

John
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  John Polstra                                               [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  John D. Polstra & Co., Inc.                        Seattle, Washington USA
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