From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 23 12:07:37 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F40AA16A4CE for ; Fri, 23 Jan 2004 12:07:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from carver.gumbysoft.com (carver.gumbysoft.com [66.220.23.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 297EF43D49 for ; Fri, 23 Jan 2004 12:07:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gumbysoft.com) Received: by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 1C45E72DBF; Fri, 23 Jan 2004 12:07:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1748A72DB5; Fri, 23 Jan 2004 12:07:36 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 12:07:36 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White To: Roberto Nunnari In-Reply-To: <400EC37A.6000505@supsi.ch> Message-ID: <20040123120622.C61090@carver.gumbysoft.com> References: <400EC37A.6000505@supsi.ch> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: problem with scsi device X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 20:07:37 -0000 On Wed, 21 Jan 2004, Roberto Nunnari wrote: > Removable Sequential Access SCSI-3 device > it seams that if I use a new tape, then I can dump on it.. > but if I try to overwrite the tape, it starts behaving funny. > also.. anytime I try to write to a non new tape, it will > make errors and turn on the dirt led. > The result is that it's not possible to make any reliable > dump/restore on it. > > the tape drive is less than 1 year old and the tapes are > of good quality. My experience with this on DLT tapes is that this is caused by a damaged head assembly or something is seriously out of alignment. In other words, its not something you can fix. If it is less than a year old, then it should still be under warranty. I suggest you take advantage of that. -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org