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4 mm DAT Driver Reports DEC TZ9L Supports Setmarks

Article ID: 164600

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q164600

SYMPTOMS

The 4 mm DAT Driver reports that the DEC TZ9L supports setmarks in GetDriveParameters, but the device does not actually support setmarks. This may cause certain applications to attempt to use setmarks on the device.

CAUSE

After support for this device was added in Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 2, it was determined the device does not support setmarks.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 4.0. This problem was corrected in the latest Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 U.S. Service Pack. For information on obtaining the service pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

S E R V P A C K

Additional query words: prodnt SCSIPORT 4mmDAT

Keywords: kbbug kbhardware KB164600