1 EXHIBIT 99.2 CONSENT OF PERSON ABOUT TO BECOME DIRECTOR As a person who has not signed the registration statement of Exabyte Corporation on Form S-4 for shares to be issued in the merger with Ecrix Corporation but who is named therein as about to become a director, I hereby consent to the inclusion of such information and my name in the registration statement. /s/ G. Jackson Tankersley, Jr. ------------------------------ G. Jackson Tankersley, Jr.