Tape Density Question -- MIDRANGE-L

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Hi Folks,

We have an IBM 9427-210 Cartridge tape unit (if anyone wants to donate
something faster...).

I format the tapes (Maxell HS-8/112 Helical-Scan 8mm Data Cartridge) at
5GB.

When I save something I get a message CPF4204 "Volume 'nnnnnnnnnn' on
device TAP01 is density *FMT5GB". And the cause "The output volume is a
different density than specified for file QSYSTAP in QSYS. blah, blah,
blah".

File QYS/QSYSTAP shows as DENSITY(*DEVD). Everything saves (and
restores) OK, but not very fast...

Is this OK or is there something I should be doing ?

TIA,

Chuck

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