Subject: Survival Tips + QIC table
To: None <port-pc532@sun-lamp.cs.berkeley.edu>
From: Julian Howard Stacey <Julian.Howard.Stacey@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de>
List: port-pc532
Date: 07/20/1994 20:56:42
Tip 1:
	Have a /var dir. , (not a /var --> /usr/var like I used to.) 
Reason 1:
	I was crashing regularly when doing a
		cd /usr/src make
	at exactly the same point:
		===> libc
		cc -O -DYP -DLIBC_SCCS -DSYSLIBC_SCCS
			-DPOSIX_MISTAKE -c
		/usr/src.940715/lib/libc/db/btree/bt_close.c 
	
	Until ... finally the kernel wouldnt boot, & 
	I paid more attention to my boot errs:
		cd: can't cd to /var/run
		runtime link editor directory cache
		/var/run/ld.so.hints: No such file or directory
		building databases...
		kvm_mkdb: /var/run//kvm_netbsd.tmp: No such file or directory
		dev_mkdb: /var/run//dev.tmp: No such file or directory

Tip 2:
	Hang some 10s of K of sacrificial data on end of tape tars,
Reason 2:
	I recently found that the driver when reading tapes silently discards
	last valid bit of data (see previous posting)

Tip 3:
	Ensure your tape image is an even multiple of the tape track length
Reason 3:
	Stuart suspects the driver times out during rewind, & system then 
	subsequently crashes system, this is only a suspicion so far,
	but if correct, this means quantising tape contents
	near as possible to beginning of tape (ie 2 tracks, 4 tracks, or 6 etc),
	for a 45M DC300XL tape, on 10, 20, 30M etc boundaries.
	(PS credit to Stuart if suspicion proven correct,
	rotten eggs to me if premature publicity of unfounded suspicion ;-)
	

So that you can all calculate your track length here's a table I compiled 
a few months back: (need a wide screen to view)
===
TAPE-PRODUCT	SIZE	MEGBYTS FEET	OERSTED TRACKS	FTPI	BPI	IPS	QIC	COMMENT
===================================================================================================
Datalife DL300		  29	 300	310	 4	 1600
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BASF 300XLP	Full	  45	 450	310	 9	10000	 8000	 90	  11,24
SONY QD-300XL/P 	  45	137m2	310	 9	 6400-10K	 30-90		(Max10K BPI
PCS DC300XL/P	Full		 450	310	 9	10000				PCS man isctl
Scoth DC300XL
	(Sun-3) 								  11	terry@cs.weber.edu 
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BASF 300XPL/600 Full	  60	 620	310	 9	10000	 8000	 90	  11,24 On request
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Datalife DL450		  25	 450	310	 9	 6400
Datalife DL450ECT	  45	 450	310	 9	10000
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PCS DC600A	Full	   ?	 600	550	15	12500				PCS man isctl
DC600A		Full	  25	   ?	  ?	 ?	    ?	    ?	  ?	   ?	PerifairCipher				  
3M DC600A		 ~90	600	550		12500				gj@pcs.dec.com
3M DC600A		64.4	600	550		12500				testblock.c
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BASF 600A	Full	  60	 620	550	 9	10000	 8000	120	  24
SONY QD-600A & XTD	  60/150 182m9	550	 9/18	12500		 90-120 	(Max10K BPI
PCS DC600XTD	Full		 600	550	18	12500				PCS man isctl
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Datalife DL600EXL	  60	 620	310	 9	10000
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Datalife DL600		  60/125 620	550	 9-15MB 12500
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Datalife DL600ECT	 150	 620	550	18	12500
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BASF 6150	Full	120/150  620	550	15/18	12500	10000	120	 120,150
PCS DC6150	Full		 600	550	18	12500				PCS man isctl
Datalife DL6150 	 150	 620	550	32	12500
6150		Full	  25	   ?	  ?	 ?	    ?	    ?	  ?	   ?	PerifairCipher				  
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BASF 6250	Full	 250	1020	550	18	12500	10000	120	 150
PCS DC6250	Full		1000	550	18	12500				PCS man isctl
Datalife DL6250 	 250	1020	550	32
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BASF 6320	Full	 320	 620	550	26	20000	16000	120	 525
PCS DC6320	Full		 600	550	26	20000				PCS man isctl
Datalife DL6320 	 320	 620	550	26	20000
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BASF 6525	Full	 525	1020	550	26	20000	16000	120	 525
Datalife DL6525 	 525	1020	550	26	20000
PCS DC6525	Full		1000	550	26	20000				PCS man isctl
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BASF 9100	Full	1000	 760	900	30	45000	36000	120	1000	Q4-91
BASF 9135	Full	1350	 760	900	30	38750	51667	120	1350	Q4-91
===================================================================================================
 TAPE_PRODUCT	Product name such as QIC525
 SIZE		Mini:Length=3.188",Width=2.415,Height=0.470; Full Size:Length=6",Width=4,Height=0.675
 MEGBYTS	Nominal Capacity in Megabytes
 FEET		Tape Length in feet
 OERSTED	Coercitivity
 TRACKS 	Tracks max
 FTPI		Recording Density (max) (Flux Transitions/Inch ? )
 BPI		Recording Density (max) ( ???		/ Inch ? )
 IPS		Tape Speed Max		(Inches/Second)
 QIC		Associated QIC Standard
 COMMENT
===================================================================================================
Datalife DL1000(10MB)	  10	 185	550	12	10000
Datalife DL1000(20MB)	  20	 185	550	12	10000
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BASF 2000	Mini	  40	 205	550	20	10000	10000	 90	  40,100
Datalife DL2000 	  40	 205	550	24	12500
SONY QD-2000		  40	 62m5	550	24	12500		 50-72		(Max10K BPI
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BASF 2000XL	Mini	  60	 307.5	550	20	10000	10000	 90	  40,100 On request
Datalife DL2000XL	  60	 300	550	24	12500
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BASF 2080	Mini	  80	 205	550	32	14700	14700	 90	  80
Datalife DL2080 	  80	 205	550	32	15000
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BASF 2110	Mini	 110	 205	550	32	20000	16000	 90	 128	On request
BASF 2120	Mini	 120	 307.5	550	32	14700	14700	 90	  80
BASF 2165	Mini	 165	 307.5	550	32	20000	16000	 90	2110	On request
BASF 2380	Mini	 380	 230	900	40	38700	51667	 90	 380	Q4-91
===================================================================================================
===

--
Julian Stacey	<stacey@freefall.cdrom.com>
Alternates:	<julian@pcsbst.pcs.com>,<jhs@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de>
Tel. +49 89 268616	TZ=GMT+1	Munich, Germany

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