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Re: 1.5.12: mt sees incorrect maximum block size
Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> So, as you can see, the Windows NT tape functions doesn't allow me to set
> the block size to more than 64K, too. That's the same functionality used
> inside of Cygwin. I have no idea how to workaround that. I also didn't
> find anything useful on the Web so far.
>
> I'd *love* to get that solved, but I don't know how. I'm going to ask
> someone who's writing tape drivers for Windows, perhaps he has a clue.
> Other than that, I'm open to any useful hint from the community.
A little googling found the following, but I don't have a tape drive so
I cannot test it...
<http://www.complanguages.com/Reading_128K_Blocks_off_a_DLT_via_Adaptec_AHA2940AU-7710081-5505-a.html>
Brian
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