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# 1  
Old 03-21-2005
"mt erase" command does not work
Hi
I have some data in my tape which I want to erase with the command

mt erase

The process runs for a long time without cleaning data.

What can be the problem??

krishan
# 2  
Old 03-24-2005
Krishan,

there are many ways to clear a tape... one method involves writing /dev/null or /dev/zero to the tape...

tar -cvf zero.TAR /dev/zero

tar -cvf /dev/rmt/0mn

or

mediainit -v /dev/rmt/0m ## works on HPUX not sure if it is available on your platform.
# 3  
Old 03-19-2009
long wait
fyi - lto3 400gb/800gb takes upwards of 1.5 hours to erase.
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