> On Jan 26, 2017, at 1:23 PM, Maciej W. Rozycki <ma...@linux-mips.org> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 25 Jan 2017, Nico de Jong wrote:
>
>> I did some research, and the most reasonable outcome was that it was not
>> possible by normal means, because some algorithm reading synchronisation
>> data couldnt find out what was happening, so, the backup was ruined.....
>
> Odd. This would imply you couldn't wind a tape past a medium error and
> read what's behind, but I surely did it a couple of times with DDS tapes.
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?
paul
