Looking to read past EOT on DDS/DLT/LTO

[Chuck Guzis]

On 01/26/2017 06:01 PM, Paul Koning 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?

It happens.  You can't skip over it or even space to EOT and then read
backwards.  Some "intelligent" drives were really stupid.

--Chuck