9 Dec
1999
9 Dec
'99
5:03 p.m.
CLASSICCMP(a)trailing-edge.com wrote:
It depends on the SCSI tape drive's firmware, but with many you'll be able
to skip over bad parts with a combination of SET MAGTAPE/SKIP=FILES
using skip=file:1 the first read returns EOT
and SET MAGTAPE/SKIP=RECORDS.
depending on the number of records skiped vmstpce returns parity error
or EOT. There seems to be no correlation between number of records and error
type.
I was thinking of strange suggestions like those to get stuck RD53 working
again.
If the SCSI tape drive won't let you do this,
it's probably because its firmware
thinks that a tape error means end-of-tape and won't let you go past. I
can't make any other recommendation other than to get a different drive
(preferably, something with a "less intelligent" interface. It's rarely
Eric, I guess you'll have to wait untill I have set up again the 3420 tapes;
these probably are old enough to not be too smart.
e.
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