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Re: [Fwd: Always have more than one tape]

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Curt Sampson (cjs@cynic.net)
Wed, 24 Feb 1999 01:59:09 -0800 (PST)

On Wed, 24 Feb 1999, Ya`akov N. Miles wrote:

> I should correct you. BRU does NOT do a proper verify by default, it does
> an "autoscan" which involves reading the entire tape into the NULL device
> and looking for errors.

I generally consider this good enough, so long as it's verifying
some sort of CRC or checksum as it reads.

> It does NOT do a bit-by-bit comparison of the tape
> with the original media (unless you specifically ask it to)...

This, in fact, isn't reliable unless the media are offline, which
is often impractical.

cjs 

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