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Yes, this was why I was paranoid about the whole write/restore/compare process. I, being mainly a software guy, didn't consider the hardware robot as something
by deckiedan 13y ago
Yes, this was why I was paranoid about the whole write/restore/compare process.
I, being mainly a software guy, didn't consider the hardware robot as something that might fail w/o error.
Now, the process looks like:
Check drive is empty.
Load Tape.
Write Tape
Unload.
Load tape "42" from anther slot.
Write 'slartibartfast' to that tape.
Unload.
Load original tape.
Restore & Compare.
Unload.
Load tape "42".
Restore, and make sure all it has is 'slartibartfast'.
This seems to me to have removed most of the possible silent-failure situations. If anyone can think of part of this algorithm that might fail, let me know!