Date: 06 Mar 2002 15:38:00 -0800 From: "Gary W. Swearingen" <swear@blarg.net> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: docs/35609: mt(1) page needs explanation of "long erase". Message-ID: <e1bse1fesn.se1@localhost.localdomain>
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>Number: 35609
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: mt(1) page needs explanation of "long erase".
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-doc
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: change-request
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Wed Mar 06 15:40:01 PST 2002
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Gary W. Swearingen
>Release: FreeBSD 4.5-STABLE i386
>Organization:
none
>Environment:
n/a
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>Description:
The "erase" description should explain that the default erase option
writes something to the entire tape (or whatever it does, I don't know
except that it takes a very long time) and that "long" is "very long".
It should also explain that disabling "long erase" (with a count of 0)
just writes to the tape header (or whatever it does) and should take
a short time.
It also doesn't say that the tape is left at BOT after erasing.
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>How-To-Repeat:
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>Fix:
I don't feel qualified to explain confidently, but here's my best
effort for an "erase" description:
Erase the tape and leave it rewound. A "count" of "0" disables the
default method which takes a very long time and enables a method
which takes a very short time. (The author doesn't know, but the
long method might write zeros to the entire tape while the short
method writes only to the tape header.)
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