From owner-freebsd-scsi Thu Dec 26 07:43:32 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id HAA24655 for freebsd-scsi-outgoing; Thu, 26 Dec 1996 07:43:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from rosemary.fsl.noaa.gov (rosemary.fsl.noaa.gov [137.75.8.41]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id HAA24650 for ; Thu, 26 Dec 1996 07:43:30 -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 IAA09009 for ; Thu, 26 Dec 1996 08:43:25 -0700 (MST) Message-ID: <32C29D1D.41C67EA6@fsl.noaa.gov> Date: Thu, 26 Dec 1996 08:43:25 -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: scsi@freebsd.org Subject: Explain this you SCSI tape experts! :-) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk This isn't FreeBSD-specific, but you guys are unusually enlightened, so I'm sure you can provide an answer. A new DAT backup tape used in a WangDAT 6130HS drive reads and writes just fine. Several nights ago, Amanda read its label, and wrote a backup set to it. I stuck it on the shelf, away from magnetic sources and what-not, nestled in with the other tapes in the current rotation. As fate would have it, that's the very tape I need. But when I stick it in the drive, FreeBSD reports BLANK CHECK. Doh! What could cause that? -- Sean Kelly NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory Boulder Colorado USA