26 Jan
2017
26 Jan
'17
6:01 p.m.
On Jan 26, 2017, at 1:23 PM, Maciej W. Rozycki
<macro at linux-mips.org> wrote:
On Wed, 25 Jan 2017, Nico de Jong wrote:
That's a good point. Can it really be true that a tape error that creates a false EOT
results in the loss of all remaining data? Surely the designers weren't *that*
stupid?
paul
I did some research, and the most reasonable
outcome was that it was not
possible by normal means, because some algorithm reading synchronisation
data couldnt find out what was happening, so, the backup was ruined.....
Odd. This would imply you couldn't wind a tape past a medium error and
read what's behind, but I surely did it a couple of times with DDS tapes.