topic Erasing DLT Tape in Operating System - HP-UX

Erasing DLT Tape

Carter Jay — Mon, 19 Aug 2002 15:02:30 GMT

Hello,

How can I erase a DLT tape (mt command?)

Best Regards

Jerome

Re: Erasing DLT Tape

Martin Johnson — Mon, 19 Aug 2002 15:05:35 GMT

mt -t tape rewind
mt -t tape eof

You can use dd to write dummy data to the tape first.

HTH
Marty

Re: Erasing DLT Tape

Jean-Luc Oudart — Mon, 19 Aug 2002 15:05:36 GMT

Jerome,

check this thread.

http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0xd741a22831ebd5118ff40090279cd0f9,00.html

Jean-Luc

Re: Erasing DLT Tape

Sajid_1 — Mon, 19 Aug 2002 15:11:58 GMT

Basically, there is no *erase* command for doing this task. You can just do a 'dd' or 'fbackup' command to output a file to the media which will erase the old headers and data.

If you want you can degauss the media.

hth,