So, if the first 2 feet are damaged, then can't I take the cartridge apart
and cut the first 2 feet off of the reel and re-assemble the cartridge?

Where these tapes are hanging up is about the 6th filesystem tarred and
written to tape.  The amverify is failing on the 6th fileno.

Sincerely,

Rick Duvall
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gene Heskett" <gene.heskett AT verizon DOT net>
To: "Rick Duvall" <rduvall AT onlinehighways DOT net>; <amanda-users AT amanda 
DOT org>
Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 9:05 PM
Subject: Re: Verify Tape Integrity


> On Friday 31 October 2003 23:18, Rick Duvall wrote:
> >Is there any way to write data on the entire length of a tape and
> > try to read it back to verify that all that was written over the
> > entire tape can be read?  I like to compare it with a DOS scandisk,
> > only for a tape instead of a filesystem.
> >
> >Sincerely,
> >
> >Rick Duvall
> >Online Highways
> >System Administrator
> >(541) 997-8401 x 111
>
> There is amverify, but AFAIK it only reads to the end of the data
> written, not to the actual EOT.
>
> As a comment, generally speaking, a bad tape is normally damaged in
> the first 2 feet, and in my experience if you can read the first
> file, you can read the rest of the tape.  But that, and a buck will
> get you a cup of coffee most places too.
>
> -- 
> Cheers, Gene
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