mtd

General Description

"mtd" is a command line utility to:

Create a CHARON tape image from a physical tape.
Write a tape image to a physical tape.

Open "cmd.exe" in the Start menu, to start the utility, and switch to the CHARON x86 utilities directory (typically "C:\Program Files (x86)\CHARON\Utilities_X.X.XXXXX\x86" or "C:\Program Files\CHARON\Utilities_X.X.XXXXX\x86").

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Usage

The following is an example of the usage syntax:

...> mtd [options] <tape device name> <tape container name>

Options:

Parameter	Description

Parameter	Description
`-l <file name>`	Creates a log file. The name is "file name".
`-r <number>`	Specifies a number of attempts to read a damaged data block
`-i`	Ignore bad blocks and continue processing w/o interruption. It implies "-r 0"
`-n`	Do not rewind tape
`-p`	Disable progress reporting
`-v`	Enable verbose tracing of data transfer (implies "-p")

Example:

...> mtd -l tape1.txt -r 10 \\.\Tape0 "C:\Charon\Tapes\tape1.vtape"

Use the following syntax to write the content of a tape container to a physical tape:

...> mtd <tape container name> <tape device name>

Example:

...> mtd "C:\Charon\Tapes\tape1.vtape" \\.\Tape0

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