On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 10:16:14AM +0200, Toomas Aas wrote: > From my experience I would say the seller is correct. I haven't tried > using DLTVS80 tapes with DLT8000, but I know for a fact that the > opposite can't be done - tapes that were written with DLT8000 cannot > be read with DLTVS. The only way to re-use them would be to degauss > them first, but I don't have that kind of equipment so I haven't > tried.
http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/276506.htm indicates that the 8000 has higher magnetic strength writes than VS80, so while VS80 cannot overwrite tapes written by 8000, I would assume that 8000 would be able overwrite VS80 tapes. if anybody wants to find out for sure, I'm happy to have someone send me a VS80-written tape in one of my DLT8000s and see if I can overwrite it. -- Aaron J. Grier | "Not your ordinary poofy goof." | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
