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#1 (**permalink**) 01-05-2008, 06:05 AM

Sorry if this is a silly question, but...
I have a 43P with a 4mm 4gb tape drive. I have some higher-density 4mm
tapes available and would like to make use of them in this drive if
possible. I know it's wasteful, but is it possible to force the
machine to use these higher capacity tapes in this old 4gb drive?
Could I somehow reinitialize the tapes as lower-density?

-Steve in Phx.

#2 (**permalink**) 01-05-2008, 06:05 AM

two_wheeled@hotmail.com wrote:
> Sorry if this is a silly question, but...
> I have a 43P with a 4mm 4gb tape drive. I have some higher-density
4mm
> tapes available and would like to make use of them in this drive if
> possible. I know it's wasteful, but is it possible to force the
> machine to use these higher capacity tapes in this old 4gb drive?
> Could I somehow reinitialize the tapes as lower-density?
>
> -Steve in Phx.

It should be, just put in the tape. If the tape doesn't spit out again,
try to do a write to the tape. If you want to check the specs, do a
lsdev -Cctape and lscfg -vl rmt0 (or whatever comes up). Then google
for the output. Mine is an 8mm, but the results for 4mm should be
similar.

rmt0 Available 10-68-00-5,0 SCSI 8mm Tape Drive
root@aix7:/home/root>lscfg -vl rmt0
DEVICE LOCATION DESCRIPTION

rmt0 10-68-00-5,0 SCSI 8mm Tape Drive (20000 MB)

Manufacturer................EXABYTE
Machine Type and Model......IBM-20GB

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