Attributes for 1/2-inch 9-track tape drives (type 9trk)
The following are the attributes for 1/2-inch 9-track tape drives (type 9trk).
- Block size
- The default block size is 1024.
- Device buffers
- The general information for this attribute applies to this tape drive type.
- Density setting #1 and density setting #2
- The following settings apply:
The default values are
Setting Meaning 3 6250 bits per inch (bpi) 2 1600 bpi 0 Whichever writing density was used previously 3for Density Setting #1, and2for Density Setting #2.
- Attributes with fixed values
- If a tape drive is configured as a 1/2-inch 9-track tape drive, the Extended File Marks, Retension, Reserve Support, Variable Length Block Size, and Data Compression attributes have predefined values that cannot be changed.