* John R. Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Thu, Mar 14, 2002 at 10:37:38PM -0500)
>>Is it possible to relabel a tape, but preserve the existing data on the
>>tape ?
> No. It's a fundamental aspect of tapes that any write operation sets
> end of device (i.e. there ain't nothing after that).
I was af
>Is it possible to relabel a tape, but preserve the existing data on the
>tape ?
No. It's a fundamental aspect of tapes that any write operation sets
end of device (i.e. there ain't nothing after that).
Some devices support "partitioning", but that's a completely different
animal and not releva
Is it possible to relabel a tape, but preserve the existing data on the
tape ?
Reason Im asking is that we are now using 2 tapedrives, and Id like to
relabel half od the tapes so that they can only be sued in the 2nd drive,
but I'd rather not loose any data on the second batch.
Of course, if all
