Date: 04 Apr 2002 13:26:09 -0800 From: swear@blarg.net (Gary W. Swearingen) To: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@over-yonder.net> Cc: jim <jim@jwweeks.com>, Sam <sam@wa4phy.net>, Doug Silver <dsilver@quantified.com>, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SCSI tape error using Amanda/dump Message-ID: <6bsn6b40lq.n6b@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <20020403114739.P95986@over-yonder.net> References: <3CAA0BF9.2CE0EB2A@vortex.wa4phy.net> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0204021923460.313-100000@veager.jwweeks.com> <20020403114739.P95986@over-yonder.net>
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> On Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 07:27:08PM -0500 I heard the voice of > jim, and lo! it spake thus: > > On Tue, 2 Apr 2002, Sam wrote: > > > > > FWIW, anybody know of a way to "rejuvinate" corrupted, > > > but otherwise little used tapes? > > > > Have you tried a large magnet? Sounds like a joke, but it works on other > > magnetic media. I used to see these commercial sold to clear VHS > > tapes. If the tape is otherwise un-usable, give it a try. DON'T TRY IT before determining that the tape doesn't need to be formatted with software and/or hardward and/or time which you don't have. IIRC, bulk-erased TRAVAN tapes need special hardware. The is (or was) free UNIX software to format the old QIC-80 tapes and reformatting was VERY slow anyway. I've not heard about more recent tapes, but I'm guessing it's the same story. I suppose that bulk erasers are mostly used prior to tape destruction. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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