On 10 Mar, Graham Lillico +44 1785 248131 wrote: >>> >>> Is there any way to format a Qic-80 tape on a ftape device? I don't >>> feel like rebooting to Win95 just to do this. I know I can use mt to >>> 'erase' the tape but that just erases the header on the tape. > > As far as I am aware then you can not use Linux to format these tapes, this > may of course depend on what tape drive you are using, I used a dos based tape > formatting program to do my tapes with, I think you can format them using > dosemu but I'm not sure. > > But checkout the ftape howto that may answer you question better than I can. > > Graham
Sorry, I should have checked the HOWTO first, jeez... 4.8. Can I format my tapes under Linux? No! Brian -- Mechanical Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] Purdue University http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis -- E-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST. Trouble? E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
