Hello!
Gene Heskett wrote:
Where are the old days, when ANSI tapes had these metal patches to
indicate BOT and EOT .... ;-)
Dunno, but FYI, the DDS tapes have about 1/16" diameter holes for
optical detection of BOT & EOT, about a foot back from the leader
splice on either end.
I saw that when it failed and ripped the tape in two on one drive back
in jurrasic times.
So who's throwing away the information ?
The tape drive not sensing these holes ?
The low level driver not recognising or not asking for the info ?
The general linux/unix tape system not recognising or asking for the info ?
Bye, Peter
WOTLmade
