Bandvolumenaufteilung

摘要

A method for formatting a length of magnetic tape into a plurality of partition areas (100,110,118,126,120) to enable data storage in any of these areas and for formatting on the magnetic tape a plurality of spaced system zones (102,114,122), 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 (7A,7B,7C) for placing a partitions on the magnetic tape.