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Re: Tape Streamer Errors

2005-09-01 by Peter

Follow up - Just trying RESTORE command:

1st tape says is blank and the other 3 "Unable to read Tape Header", 
respectively (see below). Does this sound like the contents of the 
last 3 tapes are unretreivable?

Thanks,
Peter


--- In Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com, "Peter" <PeterC@C...> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Does anyone know if there are more in-depth commands for checking 
> contents on Tapes?
> 
> All I know is DIRTAPE, but some Tapes I have that are should be full 
> aren't showing anything! One of them says "0 Files Found" and the 
> others are showing "Unexpected Tape error 3".
> 
> The MRX600A tapes I've had for sometime are fine, so the Streamer 
> should be ok! Should I give it a clean? Any tips?
> 
> SCHECK doesn't work with Tapes unfortunately!
> 
> Cheers,
> Peter

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