Date: 07 Apr 2006 10:53:26 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: Olivier Nicole <on@cs.ait.ac.th> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to read a damaged tape Message-ID: <44d5ft77yx.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <200604070412.k374ClFh091665@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> References: <200604070412.k374ClFh091665@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th>
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Olivier Nicole <on@cs.ait.ac.th> writes: > I have a SLR 100 tape drive (SCSI interface) and a tape cartridge with > 4 files. > > The first file is damaged so I cannot mt fsf over that file to read > the others. > > Is there a secret way to to advance the tape by a certain number of > meters, or by a certain number of seconds or something. I know I would > end up at a random position in the middle of a file, but at least I > could fast forward over the damaged file. dd would be the first thing I would try...
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