Figure 2-4: Overwrite After The 1St Logical Data Block; Figure 2-5: Overwrite Of Last Filemark - Tandberg Data SLR7-140 PROGRAMMER Manual

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BO P
1s t bl ock O t her exi s t i ng dat a
New dat a w r i t t en over exi st i ng dat a
1s t bl ock
Figure 2-4: Overwrite After the 1st Logical Data Block
The last filemark in a partition may be written over.
The following restrictions do however apply:
1) The filemark must be the last of two sequential
filemarks.
2) EOD must follow immediately after the filemark to
be written over (no data must follow the two
filemarks).
3) The medium must be positioned in front of the
filemark to be written over.
BO P
! s t f m k
! s t f m k
Figure 2-5:
The overwrite capability is a configurable feature. It
is controlled by
Parameters Page of the MODE SELECT command.
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EO D
2nd f m k
New dat a w r i t t en over l ast f m k
Overwrite of Last Filemark
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