if i do
mt -f /dev/nst0 compression on
something happens but when i type this after
mt -f /dev/nst0 status
it doesn't say if compression is on or off.
This leads to another question i have.
what if i have a drive that does not
support compression? can i
do the below still? without hardware compression?
On Wed, 24 Jan 2001, Vidiot wrote:
> >does that mean i can't compress files to tape
> >using dump.
>
> No, you let the drive compress the files.
>
> >the tape drive is a dds3 12gig native 24 gig compress
> >compliant drive.
>
> That is up to 24 GB compressed. No all files compress equally.
>
> >how do i use the built in compressor? if it exist on tape?
> >or is what i'm asking before possible.
>
> It should be turned on automatically. Under Solaris, 8 is added to the
> drive designation to control drive features. But, under Linux I do
> not know the rules. I went through this once with my 8mm drives and
> determined that the default was to compress.
>
> MB
>
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