On Tuesday 05 July 2005 17:08, Phil Stracchino wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 05, 2005 at 10:54:32AM -0400, Emery Guevremont wrote:
> > How can I do that when I have to specify a Volume? Right now the tape
> > has no labels.
>
> Oh, sorry, I misunderstood what you meant by "lost label".
>
> Um. That could be a problem.
>
> I suppose in that situation, relabelling the tape might be your best
> simple alternative ... I'm just concerned that you'll end up with an
> EOF on the tape after the label and be unable to read past it.
>
> Kern, any suggestions? How hard would it be to add a mode to bscan/bls
> for recovering a tape whose label has been damaged or erased?
There is the -p option for the SD and most of the tools that allows them to
read through a *very* limited set of problems. It also doesn't require a
Volume name. However, if the tape has been overwritten or otherwise damaged,
it is probably pretty much hopeless unless someone writes some very specific
code ...
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Best regards,
Kern
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