From owner-freebsd-scsi Thu Dec 26 09:28:24 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id JAA28005 for freebsd-scsi-outgoing; Thu, 26 Dec 1996 09:28:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from kaori.communique.net (kaori.Communique.Net [204.27.65.55]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with SMTP id JAA28000 for ; Thu, 26 Dec 1996 09:28:21 -0800 (PST) Received: by kaori.communique.net with Microsoft Exchange (IMC 4.0.837.3) id <01BBF31F.930D51C0@kaori.communique.net>; Thu, 26 Dec 1996 11:26:01 -0600 Message-ID: From: Raul Zighelboim To: "'scsi@freebsd.org'" , "'Sean Kelly'" Subject: RE: Explain this you SCSI tape experts! :-) Date: Thu, 26 Dec 1996 11:26:00 -0600 X-Mailer: Microsoft Exchange Server Internet Mail Connector Version 4.0.837.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Murphy law: backups only fail if you need them! ---------------------------------------------- Raul Zighelboim mailto:mango@communique.net Communique Inc. http://communique.net >---------- >From: Sean Kelly[SMTP:kelly@fsl.noaa.gov] >Sent: Thursday, December 26, 1996 9:43 AM >To: scsi@freebsd.org >Subject: Explain this you SCSI tape experts! :-) > >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 >