Date: Thu, 26 Dec 1996 11:26:00 -0600 From: Raul Zighelboim <mango@staff.communique.net> To: "'scsi@freebsd.org'" <scsi@freebsd.org>, "'Sean Kelly'" <kelly@fsl.noaa.gov> Subject: RE: Explain this you SCSI tape experts! :-) Message-ID: <c=US%a=_%p=Communique._Inc.%l=KAORI-961226172600Z-3274@kaori.communique.net>
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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 >
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