----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck Guzis" <ccl...@sydex.com> To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk@classiccmp.org> Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2017 7:21 PM Subject: Re: Looking to read past EOT on DDS/DLT/LTO
> On 01/25/2017 04:06 PM, j...@cimmeri.com wrote: > >> Would it be possible to just physically cut the 1kb + EOT portion of >> tape out, and then attempt to read from beginning? I suppose this >> would depend on how the backup data is formatted on the tape (using >> some kind of container format with error checking, for instance). > > > The original description was a bit vague, so I don't know exactly what > kind of media or drive is being used. Some DDS drives (e.g. HP 35470) > support read-after-write if configured that way. > > --Chuck > -------------------- I've got a few DDS-4 (also some other format) drives headed for the scrapper one of these days in case they're of interest to anyone; free for postage from Toronto. m
