From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 28 07:18:31 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC14916A4CE for ; Wed, 28 Jan 2004 07:18:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from galilee.polands.org (CPE-24-29-189-110.new.rr.com [24.29.189.110]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 27AC243D1F for ; Wed, 28 Jan 2004 07:18:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from doug@polands.org) Received: from email.polands.org (samaria.polands.org [172.16.1.17]) by galilee.polands.org (8.12.9/8.12.9) with SMTP id i0SFIQkj042710 for ; Wed, 28 Jan 2004 09:18:27 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from doug@polands.org) Received: from 69.48.112.132 (SquirrelMail authenticated user djp) by email.polands.org with HTTP; Wed, 28 Jan 2004 09:18:27 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <2481.69.48.112.132.1075303107.squirrel@email.polands.org> Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 09:18:27 -0600 (CST) From: "Doug Poland" To: questions@freebsd.org User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 X-Priority: 3 Importance: Normal Subject: SCSI Tape drive problem X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 15:18:31 -0000 Hi, I'm running 4.9-STABLE on a box with an older HP 35480A DDS tape drive. Recently the drive started spitting out any tape I insert. It simply will not accept any tape I load. I've tried 5 different tapes and it does the same thing. Loads, lights blink for a second or two, and the tape is spit back out. Is this thing dead? Given its age and limited storage capacity, I would imagine that repair is not a cost-effective option. -- Regards, Doug