Hi
I have some data in my tape which I want to erase with the command
mt erase
The process runs for a long time without cleaning data.
What can be the problem??
krishan
Krishan,
there are many ways to clear a tape... one method involves writing /dev/null or /dev/zero to the tape...
tar -cvf zero.TAR /dev/zero
tar -cvf /dev/rmt/0mn
or
mediainit -v /dev/rmt/0m ## works on HPUX not sure if it is available on your platform.
fyi - lto3 400gb/800gb takes upwards of 1.5 hours to erase.