setstatus "FAILED reading TAPEID";
# Try to read the tape ID from the tape into the file TAPEID
-unlink 'TAPEID';
-system "mt -f $tape rewind"; $? and die $?;
-system "mt -f $tape setblk $blocksizebytes"; $? and die $?;
-system "dd if=$tape bs=${blocksize}b count=10 | tar -b$blocksize -vvxf - TAPEID";
+
+readtapeid_raw();
setstatus "FAILED during startup";
$doing= "dump of $fsys to tape $tapedesc in drive $tape";
print LOG "$doing:\n" or die $!;
+setstatus "FAILED retensioning";
+system "mt -f $tape reten"; $? and die $?;
+
setstatus "FAILED writing tape ID";
# First write the tape ID to this tape.
-open T, ">TAPEID" or die $!;
-print T "$tapeid\n" or die $!;
-close T or die $!;
-system "tar -b$blocksize -vvcf TAPEID.tar TAPEID"; $? and die $?;
-system "dd if=TAPEID.tar of=$ntape bs=${blocksize}b count=10"; $? and die $?;
+writetapeid($tapeid);
unlink 'this-md5sums';