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8.5.1.1: MTRESET

Resets the the tape drive (the hardware) and resets the kernel driver (the software) to a definite initial state as if the cartridge has been newly inserted.

Be careful: resetting the driver simulates insertion of a new cartridge, so the driver forgets about unflushed write buffers and the values of all internal variables (i.e. resets them to initial values). Please read the section about rewinding and non-rewinding tape devices. See Rewinding devices.

For zftape a MTRESET command also puts the drive online, i.e. reverses the MTOFFL command. See MTOFFL.

Example

mt -f /dev/qft0 reset

References
see Rewinding devices
see MTREW
see MTOFFL


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