SCSI tape data loss

[Dan Langille]

On 2 Jun 2003 at 8:21, Matthew Jacob wrote:

> On Mon, 2 Jun 2003, Dan Langille wrote:
> 
> > On 2 Jun 2003 at 8:06, Matthew Jacob wrote:
> >
> > > Err, umm,  you need to run it to actual physical EOT so we can see what
> > > happens with early warning...
> >
> > OK, this will take a while:
> >
> > # ./tpt -v -b 5120 -r 10000000000 -n 10 -f /dev/nrsa0
> > .......Rewind Tape
> > ........Write Pass
> 
> Yeah :-;

We have a bit of progress:

# ./tpt -v -b 5120 -r 10000000000 -n 10 -f /dev/nrsa0
.......Rewind Tape
........Write Pass
WEOT at File 0 Record 694983 Offset 0 (3558312960 total bytes written)
Elapsed Seconds: 5467; Data Rate: 0.620633MB/s
.......Rewind Tape
.........Read Pass

And the wait continues...
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