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Subject: RE: Backing up with tar From: "Chapman, Matt" <chapmam2@ocps.k12.fl.us> Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 15:23:50 -0400 Vidiot [mailto:brown@ftms.COM] wrote: > >;I first rewind the tape > > > >mt -f /dev/nst0 rewind > >Matthew Chapman > > Why? Are you using a 4mm or 8mm drive, or even a QIC drive? All of those > drives rewind a tape after you insert it because it tests the tape for > the density that it can write. Yep it is a 4mm but the reason I mention the rewind is if you are restoring with a tape already in the drive... I was merely trying not to assume anything there... :) ===