Re: How does TAPESIZE in onconfig work?

Steven L Cooper wrote: > > My system has a SCSI 4GB DAT tape drive in it. > > Informix tech support told me to set the number to 400000 (FWIW). Tape Size in KB this would mean 400 MByte Try 4000000 instead ! > > I was "testing" the ontape (level 0) program and it filled the first tape > and asked for another! I was shocked that it took two tapes. On a guess I > doubled the TAPESIZE option in the onconfig file... > When I ran ontape again (level 0) it completed on ONE tape!!! > > My question is: What is the TAPESIZE number referring too? > Steve > > my onconfig.ows now... > TAPEDEV /dev/rStp0 > TAPEBLK 16 > TAPESIZE 800000Tape Size in Kilobytes -> 800 MB ? P.S.: this is a Comment in my onconfig ! ;) > -- > Ignorance can be cured! > scooper@thecompounders.com