Date: Mon, 7 Apr 1997 18:27:14 -0600 (MDT) From: Wes Peters - Softweyr LLC <softweyr@xmission.com> To: bemfica@militzer.me.tuns.ca (Antonio Bemfica) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How do I "format" 4 mm DAT tapes Message-ID: <199704080027.SAA15295@xmission.xmission.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970404163543.674A-100000@militzer.me.tuns.ca> from "Antonio Bemfica" at Apr 4, 97 04:46:50 pm
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> I have an HP C1533A tape unit installed on a FreeBSD 2.1.5 machine. It
> works fine most of the time, but it fails to recognize certain tapes. A
> simple 'mt erase' gives:
>
> st0(ncr0:330) MEDIUM ERROR asc:9,0 Track following error field
> replaceable unit:2
>
> Now, I have about 20 tapes for which this error occurs, and would like to
> know if there's any way I can 'ressurect' them. I don't need to recover
> any of the data that may be there, I just want to format them, or somehow
> reinitialize them for use.
You can't "format" DAT tapes. Chances are pretty good your drive is
a DDS-2 drive; it will only recognize DDS-2 tapes. Be careful when
buying new tapes. This does mean you cannot use DAT audio tapes.
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"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
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