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From: rjn@hpfcso.HP.COM (Bob Niland)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: cartridge tape status
Message-ID: <7370191@hpfcso.HP.COM>
Date: 9 Aug 90 16:53:16 GMT
References: <1990Aug8.185132.13130@cs.uoregon.edu>
Organization: Hewlett-Packard/FSY Ft.Collins,CO,USA
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re: > Is their some kind sole who has figured a way to tell if a tape has
    > been loaded in a hp 9145 ct drive without unloading the tape, and
    > would be willing to share?

diskinfo (1M) reports media status and capacity.

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