Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2000 08:52:03 -0500 From: john@dexter.starfire.mn.org (John) To: dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie (David Malone) Cc: freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Exabyte vendor-specific commands? Message-ID: <Mutt.20000813085203.john@dexter.starfire.mn.org> In-Reply-To: <20000813111707.A52261@walton.maths.tcd.ie>; from David Malone on Aug 13, 2000 11:17:07 %2B0100 References: <Mutt.20000812230722.john@dexter.starfire.mn.org> <20000813111707.A52261@walton.maths.tcd.ie>
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David Malone writes: > On Sat, Aug 12, 2000 at 11:07:22PM -0500, john@dexter.starfire.mn.org wrote: > > > I have a number of tapes written on a Exabyte 8200 which I now wish > > to reuse on an Exabyte 8500. It works, but they continue to be > > written in 8200 mode, which doesn't have the density, performance, > > or QUICK SEEK features that I desire. > > I think we had this problem and may have used a large magnet on the > tapes and then written to them in a newish drive. Thanks, David. I'd heard that "bulk tape erasers" work, but I didn't think of trying a hand-held magnet would do the trick. I presume that you do something like making several quick manual passes over the tape? Sweep it back and forth in a few different directions? Thanks. (PS, I'd still like the implement the commands for the drive to do it, if anyone knows them.) -- John Lind john@starfire.MN.ORG To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message
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