SUMM: Erasing a tape in du.

From: H. Blakely Williford <blakew_at_fullerbrush.com>
Date: Tue, 09 Jun 1998 11:46:37 -0500

Original Question:

> Hello digital unix world!
>
> Anyone know of a quick, dirty, and safe way to erase data and rewind a dat
> tape?
>

Oddly I recived 4 replys before the question came back to me in e-mail.

The suggestions are
 tapex,
 dd if=/dev/mem of=/dev/rmt0h,
 get a big magnet,
 mt rewind ; mt eof ; mt rewind

Thanks goto (in no real order)
Don Newcomer, Stephen Carpenter, Jim R Jones, Whitney Latta, Paul Mercure, Dr.
Tom Blinn, and Kris Larsen,

Thank you for your time.

I think I might look to our VMS machine and do a init /erase and see where
that gets me.

--
H. Blakely Williford            | Men never do evil so completely & cheerfully
Systems Programer/Administrator | as when they do it with religious conviction.
The Fuller Brush Company        |                               - Blaise Pascal
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