Mike Hardy wrote:
>
> Nostradamus foresaw that on Jul 21, [EMAIL PROTECTED] would write:
>
> ->Mike Hardy wrote:
> ->
> ->> I have no problem
> ->> formatting the tape under OS/2 (Backmaster, but then I can't use the
> ->> tape with Linux).
> ->
> ->All you need to do is format the tape under OS/2, then use the 'mt -f
> ->/dev/qft0 erase' command to clear the other "logical format" and replace
> ->it with the Linux ftape format.
>
> I'll give it a shot. But if I use ftape-tools to lay down the Linux
> format won't I be in the same boat as before, which is that at the end
> of the format procedure it aborts with 'track out of bounds'? (Guess
> I'll find out in an hour or so).
No - the 'mt erase' just replaces the logical info in the vtoc making it
compatible with Unix tools (BRU, tar, et al), it doesn't "format" the
tape. The lowlevel format is the same, either way.
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Tim Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Enhanced Software Technologies, Inc. (602) 470-1115
"The BRU Guys"
