On Tue, 10 Mar 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> Sorry, I should have checked the HOWTO first, jeez...
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> 4.8. Can I format my tapes under Linux?
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> No!
That applies to the version of ftape which is included in the kernel.
ftape-3.04d, which is installed as modules, has this capabi
On Tue, 10 Mar 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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: > On Tue, 10 Mar 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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: > > On 10 Mar, Graham Lillico +44 1785 248131 wrote:
: > > >>> Is there any way to format a Qic-80 tape on a ftape device?
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: > > Sorry, I should have checked t
Raymond A. Ingles wrote:
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> On Tue, 10 Mar 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> > On 10 Mar, Graham Lillico +44 1785 248131 wrote:
> > >>> Is there any way to format a Qic-80 tape on a ftape device?
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> > Sorry, I should have checked the HOWTO first, jeez...
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> > 4.8. Can I format my tapes
On Tue, 10 Mar 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On 10 Mar, Graham Lillico +44 1785 248131 wrote:
> >>> Is there any way to format a Qic-80 tape on a ftape device?
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> Sorry, I should have checked the HOWTO first, jeez...
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> 4.8. Can I format my tapes under Linux?
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> No!
Actually, yes, t
Ftape-3.04d includes the ftformat command. I have installed it from
source, but there is now a .deb package, at least in hamm. The man page
indicates it will format QIC-80 tapes, but I haven't done that.
Bob
On Tue, 10 Mar 1998, Graham Lillico +44 1785 248131 wrote:
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> >> Is there any wa
On 10 Mar, Graham Lillico +44 1785 248131 wrote:
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>>> Is there any way to format a Qic-80 tape on a ftape device? I don't
>>> feel like rebooting to Win95 just to do this. I know I can use mt to
>>> 'erase' the tape but that just erases the header on the tape.
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> As far as I am aware then
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>> Is there any way to format a Qic-80 tape on a ftape device? I don't
>> feel like rebooting to Win95 just to do this. I know I can use mt to
>> 'erase' the tape but that just erases the header on the tape.
As far as I am aware then you can not use Linux to format these tapes, this
may of
Is there any way to format a Qic-80 tape on a ftape device? I don't
feel like rebooting to Win95 just to do this. I know I can use mt to
'erase' the tape but that just erases the header on the tape.
Thanks.
Brian
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