Formatting a tape?

[Jaime]

> I assume that this is a fresh tape?  Do other tapes from the same batch
> work?

Thanks for the reply.  Yes, 10 new tapes.  All Sony brand "DLTape VS1"
on the box.  (Only one "t".  Damn marketers.)  They all have this
symptom.


> What happens if you use dd to try and write to the tape?

I'll give it a try.  I've only used tar and mt so far.

Thanks,
Jaime


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