Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:45:08 -0400 From: Jaime <jaime@snowmoon.com> To: Andrew Hamilton-Wright <andrew@qemg.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Formatting a tape? Message-ID: <ae4324ed0903191045m4dfbb4c0v5d75beede772e256@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0903191435080.1390@qemg.org> References: <ae4324ed0903190915u5a9ac68fw170f38354323e72e@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0903191435080.1390@qemg.org>
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> I assume that this is a fresh tape? Do other tapes from the same batch > work? Thanks for the reply. Yes, 10 new tapes. All Sony brand "DLTape VS1" on the box. (Only one "t". Damn marketers.) They all have this symptom. > What happens if you use dd to try and write to the tape? I'll give it a try. I've only used tar and mt so far. Thanks, Jaime -- "To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts." -- Henry David Thoreau Tone of voice in email is misunderstood 50% of the time. Source: http://www.howtoweb.com/cgi-bin/insider.pl?zone=214061
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