Date: 06 Mar 2002 15:38:00 -0800 From: "Gary W. Swearingen" <swear@blarg.net> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: docs/35609: mt(1) page needs explanation of "long erase". Message-ID: <e1bse1fesn.se1@localhost.localdomain>
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>Number: 35609 >Category: docs >Synopsis: mt(1) page needs explanation of "long erase". >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Wed Mar 06 15:40:01 PST 2002 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Gary W. Swearingen >Release: FreeBSD 4.5-STABLE i386 >Organization: none >Environment: n/a ================ >Description: The "erase" description should explain that the default erase option writes something to the entire tape (or whatever it does, I don't know except that it takes a very long time) and that "long" is "very long". It should also explain that disabling "long erase" (with a count of 0) just writes to the tape header (or whatever it does) and should take a short time. It also doesn't say that the tape is left at BOT after erasing. ================ >How-To-Repeat: n/a ================ >Fix: I don't feel qualified to explain confidently, but here's my best effort for an "erase" description: Erase the tape and leave it rewound. A "count" of "0" disables the default method which takes a very long time and enables a method which takes a very short time. (The author doesn't know, but the long method might write zeros to the entire tape while the short method writes only to the tape header.) >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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