From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 11 9:59:15 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from vapor.westin16.flyingcroc.net (vapor.westin16.flyingcroc.net [207.246.128.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6042414D25 for ; Tue, 11 Jan 2000 09:59:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from myc@vapor.westin16.flyingcroc.net) Received: from localhost (myc@localhost) by vapor.westin16.flyingcroc.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id JAA85313 for ; Tue, 11 Jan 2000 09:54:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from myc@vapor.westin16.flyingcroc.net) Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 09:54:52 -0800 (PST) From: Mychal McGrew X-Sender: myc@vapor.westin16.flyingcroc.net To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: sidewinder 200 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Greetings, I'm using a Seagate SideWinder 200 Tape drive. I'm just wondering two things: 1.) I use the "/usr/bin/mt rewoffl" command when rewinding my tapes offline. I'm just trying to find out why sometimes it actually runs the command twice. Example: sidewinder1# chio status picker 0: slot 0: slot 1: slot 2: slot 3: drive 0: sidewinder1# This is showing that the first tape is loaded. When I run the "/usr/bin/mt rewoffl" command, it's "suppose" to go to the next tape in line, which would be slot 1. For some reason, *sometimes* it skips, and just goes to slot 2. Any ideas on this? I'm just trying to find an accurate way that I can rewind the tape and have it move on to the next one. 2.) I was also wondering why sometimes I run that /usr/bin/mt rewoffl command, I get "Device not configured" on some tapes. Any ideas? Any help would be great, and greatly appreciated. Thanks very much! :) Regards, Mychal L. McGrew UNIX Systems Administrator Flying Crocodile, Inc. http://www.flyingcroc.com myc@nethead.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message