Abstract:
There is described an information area of a system zone and a method for formatting a length of magnetic tape with a plurality of information areas containing volume format information for the entire tape volume. The information area contains an area for storing volume format parameters and an area for storing a volume format table generated from the volume format parameters.
Abstract:
There is described a tape format and a method for formatting a length of magnetic tape with a number of system zones. Each system zone contains an area for mechanical load/unload operations or threading operations and an area containing volume format information for the entire magnetic media.
Abstract:
A method for formatting a length of magnetic tape into a plurality of partition areas to enable data storage in any of these areas and for formatting on the magnetic tape a plurality of spaced system zones, by means of controlling programs of a recording device prompting a host computer system to input the number and spacing of the system zones and the length and number of the partitions to be formatted onto the magnetic tape. The programs also prompts the host computer system to select one of various options for placing a partitions on the magnetic tape.