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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Newbie with Adaptec 1542C and Archive Python 4330 Problem
Date: 7 Oct 1996 21:00:55 GMT
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"Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.org> wrote:

> How does one reformat a tape drive? ;-)

With scsiformat(8). :-)

Though that's only half of a joke right now...  The Exabyte 2501
actually requires the cartridges being formatted before use!  (And
you can really do it with scsiformat.)

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)