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Re: Bad tape errors with Conner 4Gbyte SCSI Exabyte, too!

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From: Sophie Tang
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 1996 07:18
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In <3PDZVmACRPExEwKK@wookie.demon.co.uk> John Beardmore
<wookie@wookie.demon.co.uk> writes: 
>
>In article <4em2qn$fqa@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, JWrights
><jwrights@aol.com> writes
>
>>I have the same drive, but on an Adaptec VL bus SCSI system.  I also
use
>>the NT  3.51 backup software.  I've never had any problems. Since the
OS
>>doesn't use compression I wonder if that might be a problem.  I don't
know
>>Arcadia's rep for reliability. Also, contact Conner and ask them
about
>>alternate settings for your tape drive in the SCSI BIOS table.
>
>I did have some problems using NTs backup software, a conner 4 gig
drive
>and a wangdat tape unit using a VL bus Rocket 2 board with an Adaptec
>controler ( VL or ISA ).
>
>This was cured in the end by going to PCI. I don't recall if I have
>hardware compression enabled or not.
>
>
>J/.
>-- 
>John Beardmore

I am running into the  bad tape errors a lot on NT.  The same tape
works
just fine on HP workstations.  So it must be the Exabyte 4200 caused
all the data tape error problem.  Any suggestions?
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From: computea@ix.netcom.com(Sophie Tang )
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Subject: Re: Bad tape errors with Conner 4Gbyte SCSI  Exabyte, too!
Date: 8 Feb 1996 07:18:23 GMT
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