Very Computer

I have tried to set the block size on a zftape device and
I get the following error:

bash# mt -f /dev/qft0 setblk 10240
mt: invalid tape operation `setblk'

It is documented in the zftape materials that this is an
available option.  Is there another version of mt that
I should be using?

Kernels 1.3.49 and 1.3.57 with QIC-117 enabled.
mt      2.3 with patch for status option
zftape  2.03b
gcc     2.7.2

I can erase, rewind, tar to and from the tape device no problem.

Thanks in advance,

Kent Berry

|> I have tried to set the block size on a zftape device and
|> I get the following error:
|>
|> bash# mt -f /dev/qft0 setblk 10240
|> mt: invalid tape operation `setblk'
|>
|> It is documented in the zftape materials that this is an
|> available option.  Is there another version of mt that
|> I should be using?

In the distribution that I have (Slackware 2.3), mt is linked to
mt-st, which is for SCSI tape drives.  If your tape drive is
* from the floppy controller, you want mt linked to mt-GNU.

Alan

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