From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Feb 27 15:13:40 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA20908 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 27 Feb 1998 15:13:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA20829 for ; Fri, 27 Feb 1998 15:13:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id PAA11106; Fri, 27 Feb 1998 15:13:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Fri, 27 Feb 1998 15:13:09 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Costa Morris cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: tape drive error In-Reply-To: <01bd43c1$1f1f3550$0cddcfcf@cman.cortx.com> 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 On Fri, 27 Feb 1998, Costa Morris wrote: > i'm running 2.2.5 with a CONNER CTT8000 tape backup unit. everything worked > fine until last night. > > now when i run mt -f i get this: > > /usr/local/etc/rc.d>mt -f /dev/nrst0 rewind > st0: not ready > mt: /dev/nrst0: Input/output error > > and i get this error on the console > > ST0(ahc0:4:0): MEDIUM ERROR asc:31,0 Medium format corrupted > > please advise! Rewrite your tape format bit as described in the Handbook section 10. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message