Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2000 19:34:40 +0100 From: David Malone <dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie> To: john@dexter.starfire.mn.org Cc: freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Exabyte vendor-specific commands? Message-ID: <200008131934.aa65516@salmon.maths.tcd.ie> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 13 Aug 2000 08:52:03 CDT." <Mutt.20000813085203.john@dexter.starfire.mn.org>
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> 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? It wasn't very scientific - I think I just remember waving a strongish magnet over the large face of the tape. It did seem to work reasonably well though. David. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message
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