Hi all,
I suppose that that ftape only permits the application task to write at
start of the tape and at the end (EOM) the tape (i.e. after all
preexistent volumes).
Sometimes, when appending a new volume to tape, I have a fail in
operation or while verifying this new volume (I have a Ditto Max
Parallel :( ...). When this thing happens I can't delete the recent
appended volume without arm the previous ones - it seems that the tape
device driver doesn't let me do that. I think that should be possible to
write to a tape just after any volume it already contains (blowing up
all the files after it, of course, but preserving the ones before it).
If somebody knows how to do that in the current driver, please let me
know. I suppose that what I am trying to do is not technically
impossible to tape machine to perform. Actually, I think I could do
that using the "Iomega Works" software (Using another tape/format, of
course).
Best Regards,
Jaime.
