From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 28 08:22:08 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 EDBA016A4CE for ; Wed, 28 Jan 2004 08:22:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD00243D2F for ; Wed, 28 Jan 2004 08:22:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1])i0SGM0jc044936 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 28 Jan 2004 16:22:00 GMT (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost)id i0SGLx1x044935; Wed, 28 Jan 2004 16:21:59 GMT (envelope-from matthew) Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 16:21:59 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman To: Doug Poland Message-ID: <20040128162159.GA44632@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , Doug Poland , questions@freebsd.org References: <2481.69.48.112.132.1075303107.squirrel@email.polands.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="SLDf9lqlvOQaIe6s" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <2481.69.48.112.132.1075303107.squirrel@email.polands.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.63 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 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 16:22:09 -0000 --SLDf9lqlvOQaIe6s Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Jan 28, 2004 at 09:18:27AM -0600, Doug Poland wrote: > 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. >=20 > Is this thing dead? Given its age and limited storage capacity, I > would imagine that repair is not a cost-effective option. Sounds pretty dead to me. You might be able to resurrect it by stripping it down (I'm guessing it's way out of warranty by now...) and cleaning out any dust and gunk from the mechanism. Cotton buds and iso-propanol can do wonders in the hands of an adept -- however, don't try and clean the recording heads directly, as they can by quite sensitive. If you can, run a new cleaning tape on it a few times. No guarrantees that this will work at all though. Chances are it's just plain worn out. Tape drives don't have particularly great longevity. Hmmm... 35480A -- goggle, google. That's a DDS-DC (somewhere between DDS-1 and DDS-2) or 2--4Gb capacity. Yup. It's pretty much worthless, even if it was in fully working order. Bin it, and maybe buy a DVD+RW which will have a greater capacity and cost a great deal less to run. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --SLDf9lqlvOQaIe6s Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAF+GndtESqEQa7a0RAtK4AJ9jQyxSsCZ35mRsn04hjeIwzZtfAwCfeT4A 2ZxPGXGTh0zvKKDkKYb4Ygo= =Q5+/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --SLDf9lqlvOQaIe6s--