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From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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To: Lior Elazary <elazary@netlimited.net>
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On Mon, 18 Nov 1996, Lior Elazary wrote:

>         Do I need to format the tape? If so how do I do that.
>         Please help me.

Actually, I just found this.  See section 10.5.9.3 of the Handbook.

There IS a tape initialization procedure.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major