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From: mboen@nixdorf.de (Martin Boening)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Tape read error - now what ?
Message-ID: <mboen.659634062@peun33>
Date: 26 Nov 90 15:41:02 GMT
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Hi,

a question about tape archives and tar: what can be done about a tape which
has a physical error (besides throwing it away)? Is there any way to retrieve
the data behind the bad block or is it goodbye data?

Any reasonable answer is welcome. Even if it's: SOrry, there's no chance.
Please don't tell me "This has been discussed a million times", cause if it 
has I obviously missed it.

Thanx 
Martin
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