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06-10-2002, 08:46 AM	#1
pk21 Member Registered: Jun 2002 Location: Netherlands - Amsterdam Distribution: RedHat 9 Posts: 549 Rep:	Taper??? Hi all! I've got a scsi tape driver and i cant get the damn thing to work properly. I am building a script so it can make backups every night, but the problem is that i can't erase any data from the tapes. I use taper and mt. I already tryed: mt /dev/st0 erase but this didnt work. The process turned into a zombie. Any suggestions?

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