Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3175 mails)

["Carlos E. R." <robin.listas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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The Tuesday 2007-04-03 at 10:20 -0400, Greg Freemyer wrote:


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> There are 2 categories of tape, those with a manufacturer's alignment
> track and those without.
> 
> Those with should also survive a multi-foot drop onto concrete.  Those
> without will likely not survive.  The reason is that the actual tape
> itself will move slightly after such a drop.  Without an alignment
> track the drive will likely be unable to read the data from the proper
> location.

I would have thought that the recorded tracks hold enough info for a good 
reader to align itself, same as video tape players do. I thought the 
technology would be more advanced.

> FYI: Media that has an alignment track laid down by the manufacturer
> will be destroyed by using a tape degausser, so a quick test to see if
> your drive uses an alignment track is to take a tape media you plan to
> throw-out and run a $30 tape degauser across it.  If the tape fails to
> work at all, then you had an alignment track.

Funny that the drive can not create the alignment track.

Cheers,
       Carlos E. R.

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