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Quick Erasing a tape
Name: crc294 Date: December 29, 2003 at 08:23:46 Pacific OS: RedHat 9.0 CPU/Ram: 1ghz
Comment:
Hi, I was wondering if it's possible to quick erase a magnetic tape, similar to Windows' "quick format" option with floppy disks. The normal mt erase command takes forever.
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