From owner-freebsd-scsi Sun Nov 3 20:56:04 1996 Return-Path: owner-freebsd-scsi Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id UAA13678 for freebsd-scsi-outgoing; Sun, 3 Nov 1996 20:56:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from rosemary.fsl.noaa.gov (rosemary.fsl.noaa.gov [137.75.8.41]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id UAA13631 for ; Sun, 3 Nov 1996 20:55:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from sage.fsl.noaa.gov (sage.fsl.noaa.gov [137.75.253.42]) by rosemary.fsl.noaa.gov (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id VAA06570; Sun, 3 Nov 1996 21:55:32 -0700 (MST) Message-ID: <327D7743.41C67EA6@fsl.noaa.gov> Date: Sun, 03 Nov 1996 21:55:31 -0700 From: Sean Kelly Organization: NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0Gold (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.1.5-RELEASE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Joerg Wunsch CC: FreeBSD SCSI list Subject: Re: Write me some blank checks ... References: <199611032000.VAA27322@uriah.heep.sax.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > ``Blank check'' means that you've tried to read unwritten tape area, > i.e. read past end of recorded medium. Thanks, J"org. Unfortunately, I get these messages on tapes I've just written. So now it means I have to write a "cheque" to get a faulty tape drive repaired. :-) -- Sean Kelly NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory Boulder Colorado USA