In a recent note, Bruce Black said: > Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2006 09:52:37 -0500 > > > One solution I have heard used is to start writing at EOT, > > and then power down the drive before it has a chance to write > > the special EOT mark. A similar system may work on other > > drives, but it risks some of the data after the EOT.
> Even if that was feasible for m/f tapes, the OP just reinitialized the > tapes with IEHINITT. It would be doubtful that he could power down in > the tiny interval between writiing the tape labels and TMs, and the EOT > mark. > Does it write the EOT mark after _every_ write operation? -- gil -- StorageTek INFORMATION made POWERFUL ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
