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Date:      Sun, 3 Nov 1996 21:00:06 +0100 (MET)
From:      J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de>
To:        freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.org (FreeBSD SCSI list)
Cc:        kelly@fsl.noaa.gov (Sean Kelly)
Subject:   Re: Write me some blank checks ...
Message-ID:  <199611032000.VAA27322@uriah.heep.sax.de>
In-Reply-To: <327CEB04.41C67EA6@fsl.noaa.gov> from Sean Kelly at "Nov 3, 96 11:57:08 am"

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As Sean Kelly wrote:

> What does this mean?
> 
> Nov  3 11:51:54 sage /kernel: st1(bt0:3:0): BLANK CHECK req sz: 32768
> (decimal)
> 
> I wish it meant I could receive some blank checks ... I could use the
> money, but I have a feeling that's not quite what it's supposed to be.

That's only since you Americans are abusing the English language too
much, so you cannot distinguish between a check and a cheque now. :-)

``Blank check'' means that you've tried to read unwritten tape area,
i.e. read past end of recorded medium.

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)



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