Erasing DLT Tape

[Carter Jay]

Hello,

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

Best Regards

Jerome

[Martin Johnson · Accepted solution]

mt -t tape rewind
mt -t tape eof

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

HTH
Marty

[Jean-Luc Oudart]

Jerome,

check this thread.

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

Jean-Luc

[Sajid_1]

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,