On 01/25/2017 04:06 PM, j...@cimmeri.com wrote: > Would it be possible to just physically cut the 1kb + EOT portion of > tape out, and then attempt to read from beginning? I suppose this > would depend on how the backup data is formatted on the tape (using > some kind of container format with error checking, for instance).
The original description was a bit vague, so I don't know exactly what kind of media or drive is being used. Some DDS drives (e.g. HP 35470) support read-after-write if configured that way. --Chuck
