ftape and errors

[Ken Gaugler <keng@wco.com>]

During a dump I noticed these messages in /var/messages:

Apr  9 13:17:13 keng-ppp kernel: [044]   ftape-write.c (_write_segment)
- write error, retry 5.
Apr  9 13:17:17 keng-ppp kernel: [045]   ftape-write.c (_write_segment)
- write error, retry 6.
Apr  9 13:17:18 keng-ppp kernel: [046]    ftape-write.c (write_segment)
- warning: 1 hard error(s) in written segment.
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Is there a procedure under Linux to scan the tape and refresh or
update the bad sector map?  No manpages here for ft or ftape.

Thanks!


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Ken Gaugler  N6OSK  Santa Clara, California
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