23 Jun
2001
23 Jun
'01
21:48
"Iain Gray"
Whenever I use most mt commands, i get no problem at all, and I can tar a file to the tape with no problem and retrieve it, but whenever I try to erase the tape with mt -erase, the tape drive light flashes, and then the command just hangs there, doing nothing.
The "erase" operation usually takes very long time (at least couple of hours for the Tandberg SLR 100 tape drive). I would feel a bit worried if it took more than 6 hours, otherwise I would just wait if the light kept flashing. -- Alexandr.Malusek@imv.liu.se