On Wed, 09 Apr 1997 14:47:54 PDT Ken Gaugler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > During a dump I noticed these messages in /var/messages: > > Apr 9 13:17:18 keng-ppp kernel: [046] ftape-write.c (write_segment) > - warning: 1 hard error(s) in written segment. > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > Is there a procedure under Linux to scan the tape and refresh or > update the bad sector map? No manpages here for ft or ftape.
The very latest (beta) ftape does formatting/verifying under linux. Have a look at: http://samuel.math.rwth-aachen.de/~LBFM/claus/ftape/ftape-page.html Phil.
