mt -f /dev/st0 erase and wait about 3 hours. That is if you actually want to erase the tape, otherwise just overwrite it, it's MUCH faster. >>>>> "RN" == Raymond Norton <admin at lctn.org> writes: RN> I am a bit green with tape devices in linux, and have looked for a half hour RN> on how to format my 40/80 gig tape. I find lots of stuff on ftape, but RN> nothing yet to just format my tape. RN> The drive is located at /dev/st0 RN> Raymond RN> _______________________________________________ RN> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota RN> http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org RN> https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list -- Jon Schewe | http://mtu.net/~jpschewe | jpschewe at mtu.net GPG signature at http://mtu.net/~jpschewe/gpg.sig.html For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. - Romans 8:38-39 _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list