Hi!
Trying to kill the keyboard, [EMAIL PROTECTED] produced:
> I just started using ftape for linux and unfortunately I somehow overwrote the
> volume information on one of my needed win95 backups. I read the ftape
> documentation and it says that the information is not deleted. I do have
> copies of the volume information for the tape on my hard drive. Can anyone
> suggest a way to read the data and/or repair the volume information for this
> tape?
Hmmm, tricky.
You *could* try to use the vtblc program to try to recreate
the volume table ... but that is completely your risk.
> Also, my tape drive despooled on of my tapes :-(. I seem to remember some
> information on repairing tapes. Can anyone point me to some help?
AFAIR you can open the tape housing and wind on the tape till
past the 'begin/end of tape' holes. That should do it, but *if*
your drive despools the tape, probably your drive's BOT/EOT
detector (a lightbeam detecting the holes) is ... broken.
-Wolfgang
