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Subject: Re: Explain this you SCSI tape experts!  :-)
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J Wunsch wrote:
> 
> As Sean Kelly wrote:
> 
> > 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?
> 
> No idea why there's nothing on the tape, but BLANK CHECK does of
> course mean you're trying to read beyond the recorded medium area.

didi you rewind it accidentally between sets?
did you rewind if after the last one?
etc. etc.