Mango Posted December 16, 2003 Share Posted December 16, 2003 Hey Im at work and I need to erase this tape in unix but have no idea how to do it :p Given that the device name is /dev/rmt/5m what is the command to erase it :) thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted December 16, 2003 Veteran Share Posted December 16, 2003 Ummm.. I only played with a tape once. And I never remember erasing or formatting in Linux.... I think that the only way to do it (this was years ago) was to re-write over it. Maybe things have changed in the years (they usually do!) Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dessimat0r Posted December 17, 2003 Share Posted December 17, 2003 Try dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/rmt/5m and wait ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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