2 Mar
2005
2 Mar
'05
9:48 a.m.
Next question - anyone think of a good reason why a lot of old tapes I
have containing tar archives seem to hit read errors at around 7.8MB
into the tape?
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That is the first time the tape reverses direction.
You should always 'retension' the tape before trying to read it
mt -f /dev/st0 retension works under most unix systems.
This runs the tape out, and rewinds to BOT.
If the tapes are old, there is a high probablility the tensioning belt
in the cartridge is going
to break. Keep a few new donor carts around to salvage the belts out of
Be EXTREMELY careful when changing a belt to not damage the tape (it is
very easy to damage
since it is quite thin)