Hello!


Gene Heskett wrote:

Where are the old days, when ANSI tapes had these metal patches to
indicate BOT and EOT ....  ;-)

Dunno, but FYI, the DDS tapes have about 1/16" diameter holes for optical detection of BOT & EOT, about a foot back from the leader splice on either end.

I saw that when it failed and ripped the tape in two on one drive back in jurrasic times.

So who's throwing away the information ?
The tape drive not sensing these holes ?
The low level driver not recognising or not asking for the info ?
The general linux/unix tape system not recognising or asking for the info ?


Bye, Peter
WOTLmade