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Hello,

I'm using 3M tapes (DC2120) and I get on some of my tapes a number of
bad blocks.  Since I'm having trouble with placing a tape steamer in
my system (386-33DX cache), which is probably a timing problem, I'm
formatting my tapes slightly (;-) more than once.  The number of bad
blocks on my tape increases with the times it is formatted.  What I
want to know is (assuming the used tapes are 3M):
   *  how many bad blocks do DC2120 tapes contain when formatted
	for the first time?
   *  is it "allowed" to format a tape more than once? (this compared
	to ordinary 3M  3 1/2 disks).

Please reply by e-mail if you have some useful information on this
toppic.  Thanks in advance,

Perry Egelmeers