Quoting Joi Ellis ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> On Tue, 24 Oct 2000, Bernhard R. Erdmann wrote:
> >Paul Tomblin wrote:
> [snip]
> >> reformat? I don't have a bulk eraser. I tried using "mt setdensity
> >> DDS-2", but it didn't take.
> >mt weof 5
> >or
> >mt erase
> >or
> >dd if=/dev/zero bs=32k of=$TAPE
>
> In my own experience, using only a dd won't change the tape's format. My
> drives all see and use the original drive blocksize and compressions
> setting and use it until I overwrite it with a weof. I don't know if
> the erase will do it or not. I know when my drive is shoeshining on a
> tape header, an erase won't do it. I'm certain the dd won't...
>
> (4mm DAT of various vintanges, EXB-8500, EXB-8505).
>
> (Did you mean for the dd to overwrite the whole tape? Usually just
> whacking the header is sufficient. If not, add a count=NN to it.)
So far nothing has worked. I've tried "mt weof 10", "mt erase" and "mt
setdensity 0x24", and nothing has worked.
--
Paul Tomblin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, not speaking for anybody
Real computer scientists despise the idea of actual hardware. Hardware
has limitations, software doesn't. It's a real shame that Turing
machines are so poor at I/O.
